Whether it's STEM industry, music/entertainment industry, business, or just making it out of a bad situation. Did you achieve what you wanted in life?
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Whether it's STEM industry, music/entertainment industry, business, or just making it out of a bad situation. Did you achieve what you wanted in life?
It's hard work every day but it's enjoyable.
I never really thought about what it would be like to work on my own career instead of working for an organisation
I put in six to ten hours in a day working on my own career and one or two in my paying job
am I successful yet? IDK. I have two books lined up, contracts signed, I help put out a classy magazine, I publish reviews and stories in various magazines, I run two websites and I get books sent for free to do reviews. I am being interviewed for a big genre website this week.
This was not my life in 2022.
tbh I lost a shitload of time posting my bullshit on wucorp, listening to nutters on wucorp (pro tip : these are not the peoole who are still on here) and watching tv shows ad infinitum
I definitely want to go forward in this direction. I was just looking into book trailers and how they are put together. I'd like to either make or get one for one of my upcoming books
It's 2023 and only now do I feel like I found my lane. I am 45. 2014 to 2022 was mostly a waste of time, also due to bad health.
I used to read posts like these and think 'oh that guy thinks he's all of that'. no, it turns out it's just doing what you enjoy doing and being creative and diligent about it. Linking up with people online and offline to put passion projects together. everybody feeds off each other's enthusiasm
I don't need money to feel like I made it. I want to share creative projects and see people enjoy them.
It's like putting out rap albums. I think I never really grasped the joy artists get from putting a project together, not *really* until I found my own lane
negative energy is a ton of wasted time.
I'm glad that things are working out for you. Good to hear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rev Jones
As for me, I'd say yes. I have a dream job and I recently received my professional certification (9 years in the industry) because seeing where I came from, no family support, I thought it was impossible.
i will say this, in terms of the music. when i started this shit. i was hoping to at least have even some kind of local acknowledgement, to be cosigned and become friends with some hip hop legends, have my music played on a worldwide scale, to be paid for it and most importantly, to enjoy the perks of it is beyond everything i ever imagined.
but...you know what's the most rewarding thing here? when someone inboxes you and tell you that your music saved them from ending it all. THATS ALL I EVER WANTED. THAT ONE PERSON ALONE is symbolic of everything i was trying to do. i accomplished what i was trying to do
Good stuff. I think I might've asked you this, but why haven't you been signed to a major record label yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by RADIOACTIVE MAN
^ I want to see Shifters response but this is my take.
Shifter makes underground hip hop. There was a window in the 90s up to the early 00s where underground rappers got signed to majors but thats over. Can you imagine a major label signing Killarmy now?
In the streaming era you're better off being indie unless you have a big viral hit that a record label can push and knows how to monetize.
Shady nasty is very right , let me also add that i have had offers in the past to sign with labels and join groups under labels , little known fact, when bronze naz and Kevlaar 7 were starting the wisemen, i was one of the first people they reached out to to join the group, unfortunately at the time , i had a lot of issues lifewise. I also had offers from no limit records back in the day (i know, very weird match up) but i will say this , i have never met a more amazing , great group of people and i will always be grateful to master p and John the A&M’s for considering me . A lot of what we wanted for my vision didn’t align , they proceeded to link me with other major label A&r’s who wanted to manufacture me into a drug dealing killer for the mic/ camera and i just couldn’t do it because i am NOT THAT.
it was after years of putting out free tracks and finally selling my official first record that i realized the indie route is for me and will be the way to go. I’m not bragging in the least but if i show you receipts of how much i sell per album i dropped , it would shock you. And the caveat here is that most of my sales come to me , minus production from one or 2 other producers , i produce, mix and arrange my own work so i make a profit from my music compared to someone on a contract/ label . And if anyone is reading this, I’m gonna share a secret with you. STAY AWAY FROM SPOTIFY!! GO TO BANDCAMP, it’s a far musical trading hub with options to sell your own merch. You take away most of your money earned and guess what, they won’t require you to have 200000 plays just to get a check for 2 dollars at the end of the month line Spotify lol.
Oh yeah , i also had a tentative deal with loud records west SRC, for a short while but that idea fell through , the whole coast to coast loud records venture never caught on sadly .
edit: this is one of my fav messages from a listener . >>>https://imgbox.com/yLgOdtde
For me, I always want to achieve that next goal, so in a sense I don't ever want to feel like I made it. But I guess people will have different interpretations of what that means. Right now I feel like I am where I want to be career wise, but I want to build assets that I can live off later in life, so that is my next goal. I would never have had this mindset 10 years ago, but going through some difficult times has made me more determined to succeed. I realised that most people who achieved great things in their lives didn't have a special formula, luck, etc. but they had their goal, figured out the steps to achieve it, and put the work in.
Shifter as a No Limit soldier would have been amazing.
Idk if i've 'made it' because I set my ceiling way higher than where I'm at now but I'm moving in a good direction. I work for myself 100% which is something I spent decades trying to do and I'm able to support my family w/ it. But there's a lot more to be done and always will be.
I don't think I had to 'overcome' much though, my life's been pretty easy and straightforward. Only real hurdles have been myself, bad mentality, bad habits, and general lack of direction for a lot of my early adulthood.
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Originally Posted by IrOnMaN
Damn dude, I know how much you've overcome based on what you've shared here. Congrats man.
dude, you work for yourself. thats a success most don't even have the heart to attempt. you are your own boss, i'd call that making itQuote:
Originally Posted by TSA
i appreciate you man, really i do.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShaDynasty
i do sometimes think of the what if's of the whole matter, especially that particular label, they were so gracious and shockingly a tight knit family, and the respect for each other was visible when i was around them. let me put it like this, that one time master P checked charlamagne the god for dsrespecting one of his artists did not shock me at all. it aligned perfectly with the character of the man i met. really stoic, stern and respectful man. meeting him made me understand all his success. The money did not corrupt his sensibilities.
^^^this vid
Appreciate it man
I hear you. All the stories I've read of people signing 360 deals...and still doing it to this day. It's like they have no other options.Quote:
Originally Posted by RADIOACTIVE MAN
Thanks, man. I appreciate it. I'd love to go into business myself but the environmental consulting industry is hardwork both office and field. I'd need big loan. Perhaps in a few years.Quote:
Originally Posted by TSA
No
Elaborate, please.Quote:
Originally Posted by GZAjector
I never had any plans or goals in life, as far as any long term vision or anything goes. I spent my late teens and early 20's doing fuck all. Working shit jobs and not really doing anything worthwhile. Then in my late 20's I quit my dead end factory job and got the fuck out of the city suburbs, moved up the coast to a beautiful little beach town. Should've done that the moment I had enough money to buy my own car, in my early 20's. Oh well. I worked a dead end retail job up here for over 10 years, which was fucking awesome because it was only part thyme and always late afternoon/night, so I had all fucking day to do things I actually enjoy. They were great years.
Then I got into a relationship and realised I needed to make more money, so I got a landscaping job (always liked the idea of working in that industry), and within about a year or some shit I started my own landscaping and garden maintenance business. I make about 3 thymes as much in a year as I did in retail, and still only work about 30 hours maximum a week. Starting to make more too. It's pretty good, cos like somethymes I'll just be working on music in the morning and I'll be running late and just keep going and tell the first client I'm gonna be late without explaining why, lol. It's great having that kind of freedom. My business is going really well too. My clients love and appreciate me and I get plenty of work.
But have I 'made it'? I'd say no, because really all I wanna fucking do is work on music most the thyme. I get up early every day so I can get in an hour or 2 before I start work. Ideally I'd just keep going with my music and get paid for it, instead of going and working in people's gardens, which I do admittedly enjoy for the most part, and I NEED to be outdoors and doing something physical for at least a good part of the day. So it's a perfect job for me.
I guess the perfect life for me would be splitting my income betwixt working on music and doing my garden work. Have I and will I ever try to make money through music though? No. So there you fucking go.
Also I spent most my life jerking it over sluts with big tits, and now I've been in a relationship with a big tit model for almost 4 years, so that kinda worked out for me.
I'm happy enough with my life. Just wish I had a lot more thyme to work on music.
getting super close to finally making it out of a lifetime 'bad situation', meaning trying to escape my entire direct family whom I've never had anything in common with, and every last one doing their best to take advantage even when I was making less while supporting them because they never learned to live within their means. It recently involved evicting siblings with court orders and their 6 kids because they wouldn't leave 2 years after they were supposed to, who are now living out of hotels and borrowing money from people to get by. I'm naturally extremely lazy and non confrontational but had to learn to do anything to protect my own peace.
Selling the crib I bought solely while making $18/hr 7 years ago in about a month, netting $150k +, then moving 1000 miles south of everybody to Florida lol.
The last year I've done this with zero income after being laid off last October but was prepared enough to have cash and credit to live on for a year+ while upgrading the house for sale.
It's been an interesting year, but within a couple months I should be able to finally wake up without someone's problem to fix or support or even hear about which is pretty much all I want in life at this point. I couldn't live with myself if I was like the rest of my fam repeating a shitty stressful lifestyle indefinitely
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Originally Posted by noel411
hahaha, that's what's up
^ Wow, thats an insight. Hope they don't just follow you there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mumm Ra
they are there already LOL. However, 'no' is my favorite and easiest word to use at this point. If I have siblings and their six kids are homeless, such is the life they chooseQuote:
Originally Posted by ShaDynasty
I'm by no means wealthy by any stretch, but I totally understand wealthy celebs completely cutting off family. You can't upgrade in life and allow any form of bloodsucking
It makes one realize how fucked most people are who grow up without a single real life positive example when I see it in nieces and nephews now. I can see in real time kids being turned into shitty adults who repeat their surroundings. I just happened to randomly enjoy Wu-Tang and escape the shit.
man that's one of the worst things to witness irl but I completely hear what you're saying. My neighbor has kids my son's age and I've stopped letting them play with each other. Her kids are being turned into shit in real time. No structure, no guidance, no plan, and they're clearly mimicking horrible shit they see in the house when they come out. Pitiful shit, but if those kids don't end up in prison I'll be shockedQuote:
Originally Posted by Mumm Ra
I'm glad things are better for you. Family can be tricky. Mine doesn't see me as anything, even though I'm a first generation university grad and zero criminal record. Now, they (excluding my siblings) think I owe them something or they should get a piece of what I make. I was like you, no support. Growing up, being the poorest in the family had its hardships. I can't smile and act like shit didn't occur.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mumm Ra
wowQuote:
Originally Posted by Mumm Ra
definitely stay away from them, you are clearly making the right judgment calls (not that you need my advice)
It's good to see you guys doing well in life or at least on the right path to achieving your goals and where you want to be, after 15-20 years of interacting you guys we've kind of grown up together in a weird way. Except for GZAjector I hope the 'no' is answer born out of not being where you want to be but being on the path to that goal rather than anything negative.
As for me, I don't have career goals and never went with a career path I have always been focused on my activities away from work so my leisure and hobbies take preference to work. I'd say I've done alright considering I got expelled from school when I was 16 and got no real formal education and just winged different jobs. I'm on $50 an hour during the week and 150% and 200% on saturday and sunday for menial warehouse labour work which is stupidly overpaid lol I managed to buy my own small house in an expensive city on a single income and when my fixed rate mortgage ends in 12 months I've got one eye on selling my place and either moving to the country or moving to a beach town in Western Australia, all things being good I should come out $200-250k ahead after I sell my place and pay back the bank and you can buy good houses on larger land for the same price I paid for a 2 bedroom one in Sydney and just go work in the mines for a decade. I've essentially drifted through life with no plan no work ethic and no desire to do anything and just fell arse in to good situations.
I am trying to convince my parents to move with me because they made a poor retirement option but it's not easy for them to get out of it and they don't really want to but I think it would be best for them, dad's whole side of the family have passed away now and mum's whole side are cunts besides my grandma.
^That's good money for a 'warehouse labour' job. Funny, I always thought you were business/financial minded and somewhere pretty well placed in the 'corporate world'. Nice work buying a house in/around Sydney. We can't even buy a fucking house in Forster now, where we live. Looking at places out west, but I need at least 2 tax returns for my business before any cunt will even consider giving us a loan. I've still only had my business about a year and a half.