Now, I’m Finally Saying Goodbye

...to my ‘lazy body’ days.

This should be a phrase that must be included in the title. Because seriously, I think I should really put an end to those days when I’m kinda lazy as a writer.

I am now setting my mood back to business. It is still quite a situation I face every day but I don't let myself consume by it throughout the day.

So for the past few days, I’m really working hard to push through the limits of my writing prowess, to publish every day as much as possible. Why? Because of the following reasons.

Studio time is expensive, I need to come up with a better ‘financing’ system.

If you’ve read my previous articles, I mentioned about me and my pal Gifter trekking on this music endeavor. I mentioned that we decided to record at home since studio sessions are pretty expensive.

We learned a few tricks of the trade from countless Youtube tutorials on how to come up with decent audio recordings at home, particularly in the bedroom. And after comparing our output to some professional audio tracks, we can say that we came ‘something’ close to those.

But just recently, we conceded to the notion that we must still rent some studio time for the following reasons:

• We need to have a professional-looking music video.

• We need to prove to the internet audience that we can impressively perform live.

• We have no videoing equipment.

Gifter believes these reasons are vital to the achievement we hope for. Though we know that music is mainly about passion and persistence, we have to acknowledge that we need money to make all of our endeavors successful.

We need some financing for all these crazy things we do and it’s the primary reason why I’m trying my best now to publish every day.

Gifter is one crazy workaholic, I have to keep up!

During those days when Gifter was actively participating here in Read.cash as the mysterious and notorious Wrabbiter, I have to say that he is one of the most impressive writers I’ve ever come across. (Check out his writings by the way, they’re freaking insane!)

If my memory serves me right, it’s very rare for him to miss a day of publishing here. I learned that he does nothing but read and write every day of his life during that time when he was about to recover from a very serious illness.

Instead of spending his days uselessly, he worked intensely hard just to get back on his feet since he lost his job due to that health crisis he went through.

Though he considers himself as just the other half of this music duo that we formed, I can say that he does most of the legwork – From songwriting, and musical arrangement, to strategic promotion, and even costume designing, he mainly does all the work.

Yes, he designed costumes for the 2 of us! Insane, right? But that’s a story for another day.

Having witnessed the high level of motivation that Gifter is pouring out. I have to do my part too and work harder than I used to! He's on another level of being a workaholic.

We are an indie artist, we need to spend on promotional fees.

As I listen to Gifter's babble every day about how we should promote our songs soon (Yes, he babbles a lot, which makes him kinda annoying at times. I don’t wanna upset him, so let’s keep this a secret, shall we?), he told me that one of the reasons why some artists get globally popular is because they have giant record labels that serve as their promoters.

According to his research, record companies spend millions each year just to promote the albums, concerts, and merchandising of the artists they signed up for. Gifter believes that if we don’t invest in promotion, we would just be deemed as “small-time artists” – he fears this would happen to us.

That’s why even up to now, he’s still doing his best to earn from other writing platforms so he can still support himself, and pay the rent of his rented hut (he now lives in a literal bamboo hut, near some bamboo trees, like a hermit because his previous apartment costs a lot), a few blocks from my house.

Now we can understand why he had that outburst in my previous post.

Sometimes, I feel so sorry for Gifter working so hard on our music and the planned promotion for it, while still writing for other platforms so he can still feed himself and pay his monthly dues.

Thankfully, we learned from our research about paid ads on social media that it’s not that expensive, for a few thousand pesos, we learned that we could already promote our music nationwide.

This is one of the coolest things I learned about Gifter. He does extensive research from morning to night. He is very driven with his goals and at the same time, very strategic.

If you’ve noticed that I don’t do the “publishing every other day” routine anymore, it’s because of these reasons discussed here. To be honest, I’m still not sure if I can maintain this momentum. But, I am doing my best to pull this through successfully.

With you guys publishing articles every day, how do you maintain your momentum?

P.S: The photos attached are the innovative works we did to come up with a sustainable recording booth and studio.

Thanks for reading!

Keep safe everyone.