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the wonderful modern world of "everyone must build their personal brand"

by volkk 8mo ago

pousada 8mo ago
The worst thing is that it works. (As a musician) i never invested in a personal brand or taking part in the social media rat race and figured I concentrate on the art / craft over meaningless performance online. Well guess who is getting 0 gigs now because “too few followers/visibility” (or maybe my music just sucks who knows …)
- ares623 8mo ago
  Considering there are artists with a large following putting out atrocious work, I think we know.
- stack_framer 8mo ago
  How can I listen to your music?
- eftychis 8mo ago
  To help the needle a bit (and agreeing with sibling comment): please share some example of your music here and where/how we can listen to it!
  - pousada 8mo ago
    Thanks for the offer! I don’t wanna dox myself on this account just yet - and I am slowly building an audience on IG/SC now, basically have admitted defeat of my previous strategy. Also have 2 gigs coming up in the summer _fingers-crossed_ I just was feeling some type of way seeing that comment and wanted to vent thx for listening
    - eftychis 8mo ago
      Good luck and all the best! Feel free to DM me at any point with the music if any of the above changes -- always a fan of good music.
- volkk 8mo ago
  seems like it depends on what your goal is. i'm guessing if you want to be a musician that makes a living in your current life, a personal brand is extremely important. if you don't mind doing it for the sake of the art and soul fulfillment and the offchance you'll be discovered posthumously then i think it doesn't matter!
- sidrag22 8mo ago
  I always thought I would kinda be immune to this issue, so I avoided social media for my entire adult life. I think I am still in the emotional phase about it, as its really impacting me lately, but once my thoughts really settle i wanna write some sorta article about modern social media as an induced demand. I still very much would prefer to not engage at all with any of the major platforms in the standard way. Ideally I'd just post an article I wrote, or some goofy project i made, and it wouldn't be subject to 0 views because I don't interact with social media correctly.
- randycupertino 8mo ago
  I routinely see this in biotech, I've seen hiring managers from our Clinical Science team blatantly discriminate against candidates not on linkedin, even if they come with a strong referral and have 15-page super thorough CVs with 150 credible publication references. "Oh, they're not on linkedin, this person is sketchy" - immediately disqualifies candidate. I had a pretty slim linkedin and actually beefed it up after seeing how much weight the execs and higher ups I work with give it. It's really annoying, I actually hate linkedin but basically got forced into using it.

the wonderful modern world of "everyone must build their personal brand"

by volkk 8mo ago

the wonderful modern world of "everyone must build their personal brand"

The worst thing is that it works. (As a musician) i never invested in a personal brand or taking part in the social media rat race and figured I concentrate on the art / craft over meaningless performance online. Well guess who is getting 0 gigs now because “too few followers/visibility” (or maybe my music just sucks who knows …)

ares623 8mo ago
Considering there are artists with a large following putting out atrocious work, I think we know.
stack_framer 8mo ago
How can I listen to your music?
eftychis 8mo ago
To help the needle a bit (and agreeing with sibling comment): please share some example of your music here and where/how we can listen to it!
- pousada 8mo ago
  Thanks for the offer! I don’t wanna dox myself on this account just yet - and I am slowly building an audience on IG/SC now, basically have admitted defeat of my previous strategy. Also have 2 gigs coming up in the summer _fingers-crossed_ I just was feeling some type of way seeing that comment and wanted to vent thx for listening
  - eftychis 8mo ago
    Good luck and all the best! Feel free to DM me at any point with the music if any of the above changes -- always a fan of good music.
volkk 8mo ago
seems like it depends on what your goal is. i'm guessing if you want to be a musician that makes a living in your current life, a personal brand is extremely important. if you don't mind doing it for the sake of the art and soul fulfillment and the offchance you'll be discovered posthumously then i think it doesn't matter!
sidrag22 8mo ago
I always thought I would kinda be immune to this issue, so I avoided social media for my entire adult life. I think I am still in the emotional phase about it, as its really impacting me lately, but once my thoughts really settle i wanna write some sorta article about modern social media as an induced demand. I still very much would prefer to not engage at all with any of the major platforms in the standard way. Ideally I'd just post an article I wrote, or some goofy project i made, and it wouldn't be subject to 0 views because I don't interact with social media correctly.
randycupertino 8mo ago
I routinely see this in biotech, I've seen hiring managers from our Clinical Science team blatantly discriminate against candidates not on linkedin, even if they come with a strong referral and have 15-page super thorough CVs with 150 credible publication references. "Oh, they're not on linkedin, this person is sketchy" - immediately disqualifies candidate. I had a pretty slim linkedin and actually beefed it up after seeing how much weight the execs and higher ups I work with give it. It's really annoying, I actually hate linkedin but basically got forced into using it.