I see a ton of passion too, and sometimes you get "paid" in other ways, like for me I am making some internal commercials for where I work. Now, they are not cutting me a check, but....I have filmed on the clock and I am going to get comp time for the time at home editing (that was my choice I could have taken money, hour for hour) so in effect, I DID get paid. Now it wasn't for vlogging but it was because I started vlogging that I knew how to edit, film, etc and that paid off with this. Now I would love to maybe do some more work, who knows. I just know I won't get paid for "Batman Geek" and that's cool with me....but maybe because of batman geek, I will get paid to do other stuff....who knows....
Heath http://batmangeek.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 >
