bill streeter said it for me i just recently had some experience recently where i saw that my expertise lies in content production not in deal making (contrary to popular belief) i dont see my advertising friends (the quality guys, not the scam guys) as experts in a field i do not need to understand to such a deep degree for that expertise, i am willing to pay them a percentage of my earnings again, i have NOT earned enough money from advertising to pay my rent (not even close really) so i speak from a novice's experience, however i would not venture any further without assistance
On 9/25/07, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.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 > > > > > -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
