It was funnier before coffee. I was insinuating that your written language belied your age, thus making you a boomer. Chalk it up to morning fogginess.

Quit typing so bigoty, boomer. _/s

Every 28 days.

Graphene. Don’t try the others if you aren’t prepared for an uphill battle. Graphene just works.

Don’t presuppose my embarrassment. I have been embarrassed for as long as I can remember.

Totally fine. Mostly DIY, but it’s easy.

Maybe I’m being dumb and forgot that I paid $9 for the 9 songs on the album. You’re right.

Yes. It’s like $9 for a perpetual release. I used Amuse.io before, but they suck you in and hit you with fake fees after you’re on their service.

I release music. I use a low cost platform for distribution. There are free ones. I understand your position because I feel similarly.

I never expect to make money or get recognized, but I think my music is good enough to share. To do that, you need a distributor and to be on the major platforms.

Look into Soundrop. You can also put your stuff on bandcamp for free, but at least get it out as widely as you can.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Pdxd1oiWnNZK8NktgL7V3

Apprendi español primero. Depois aprendi português com meu irmão adotivo. Japanese is my worst, English is my best because I use it the most.

All. Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Japanese in college.

Digging the proverbial hole with the shovel. (now, double down, OP.)

Sort of. I left FTE for this in July 2021. It’s feast or famine. You’re going to need a steady stream of jobs and the ability to say no, but that only comes after an abundance of saying yes to everything, sleepless nights of working your ass off, until finally it becomes steady.

It’s not for the faint of heart.

I’ve almost done 3 years in as an independent. Don’t do it if you don’t have multiple faucets providing gigs for you. I make 2x my FTE salary, but it ebbs and flows.

If you are not already connected, don’t do it.

Edit: added “3”. No time context before.