> I'm launching something in the next month or so on my site, though I haven't > arrived at a model yet. I have an immediate negative (knee jerk?) reaction > to artificial exclusivity, borne of frustration at not being able to see the > stuff I cared about when I was young and those aforementioned punkesque > values, which is part of what makes me love the videblogging world so much. > But I also believe that artists should be able to make a living from their > work, and that when artists are prevented from devoting their working hours > to it the work suffers, and so does the culture.
everyone has had some good insights on this topic. charles, heath, sull, brook. I know Irina and I have talked about earning an independent living through videoblogging. anything but simply becoming an employee again. ive changed my thinking lately. I grew to think of videobloggers are just being bloggers. (text) bloggers dont expect to get paid. if they do, they work for a company that pays them to blog about certain subjects. for many videobloggers this may be true. this is the wonderful world of blogging. But im starting to see another sphere of videobloggers who are more akin to musicians. They are making art, entertainment, and stories. Like music, the videos are really valuable stuff to a certain audience....and it takes a lot of creative time and effort to make it happen. These videos cant be done in a coffee break at work. Like musicians, I guess its about setting expectations. How much do you need each month to live and create? How much do you really love and need to do it? How can you create a really strong relationship with the people who watch? How can you take advantage of the opportunities that come up? How to be become creative at just living a different kind of life? I see some in the music world who have gotten filthy rich and famous....but I also mostly love the musicians who have created music that informs my life...who helped change the way I think and see the world. I assume these musicians wouldnt have done it any other way. Its something we dont talk about openly...but every videblogger on this list that took the plunge in the past couple years to really focus on their video work has been successful in some way. Committed creativity is always rewarded (though not always in the ways you expect). Some form of sacrafice is usually always necessary. Dont know where I'm going with this line of thinking. Maybe its that I see the same kind of passion in videoblogging as I do in the music world. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2aodyc RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
