HWJWC “Just Four Notes” / Announcement!!
Channel: NoseJobFad
Date: 2022-05-02

Bruh!
I edited this video (the right half lol), and only then
realized "oh shit, a HWJWC video is a great place to look
for folks for this streaming thing'
So I thought I'd slip a quick message in.
And it got longer.
And longer.
Won't even fit in the YT description box!
I couldn't find a graceful way to scroll the text. So l
awkwardly dropped these screencaps in.
And didn't do a proper QC so one slide is doubled and
one is missing…..
I'll probably just read the text out loud in another
video….
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I have an idea.  

Several, really; they can be wrapped up
in two general ideas:

The first:

Short description:

a kind of streaming 
video/radio/e-busking service.

The vision:  
Putting the "music" and "video" 
back into music videos.  
Empowering creatives as mission #1.

Dawless jams with video of 
***actual performances***.

24/7.

Of course, we want to monetize it eventually.

The part that got me really excited:

I have no idea how heavy of a lift it really is, 
but my friend knows how to get a 24/7 channel
that can be accessed via Roku and Amazon.

So it can be REALLY easy for people to
just put it on their tv and let it rip.

Like we used to do with MTV, 30 years ago.


But we need to see what the base costs
are when the rubber hits the road.  
The bills obviously have to be paid 
one way or another.  

Wether that’s on an ad model, 
subscription or patreon model, 
or something else, 
we’ll have to figure that out as we go.

But it would be totally 
artist/creator-centric. 

My vision is something 
more like a co-op than a "business" 
in the traditional sense.

At the VERY least, the terms would be
generous and transparent.

Artists retain all rights, 
can pull content at any time, etc.  

It really is just about making it easy to find 
and curate content in the DAWless space - 
find as many ways as possible to generate
 income or exposure, 
AND OPTIMIZE FOR EITHER ONE 
AS THE ARTIST CHOOSES.

“DAWless” is pretty friggin niche, 
but it’s still a very wide tent.  
The talent and craftsmanship and 
variety and amount of throughput 
here is consistently amazing.

The point is, 
I know I don’t see all the angles.  
All the use cases.  

I won’t predict every shortcoming.  

I won’t come up with all the good ideas.

I’m in a weird middle ground, all around.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

I’m a lifelong hobbyist dabbler in music

 production generally, 

but from more of a 
guitar/band/singer-songwriter perspective.

I fell into DAWless completely by accident.  

I was playing with a guitar looper and 
wanted something small to do 
basic drum sounds.

…

That’s when I discovered the PO-12; 
and fell down the rabbit hole.

******

I’m having fun just exploring my own 
weird sonic nook.  A BLAST, in fact.

I think I’m technical AND artsy enough
 to help build something that isn’t 
quite like anything that’s come before.

But I don’t have any real roots 
in “electronic music”, per se.  I just 
LOVE jamming on my tiny boxes 
and watching others do the same.

If either of these platforms is going 
to gain any traction, it will need to be 
useful and interesting to 
people besides me.

I’m hoping things eventually get to 
where we’re HIRING people, but 
we’ll cross that bridge when we 
get there.  Passion project for now.

So yeah, we want to collect and 
air a killer collection of curated 
DAWless video content. 

More on that later.

I want to run it on bitcoin, for 
at least three reasons:

1) 
international transactions 
are much smoother

2) 
programmable MICRO-transactions 
allow for
interesting things, long-term

3) 
bitcoin passion is real, and deep. 
Running on bitcoin 
differentiates the service and 
helps provide a ready audience.


At any rate, we'll need some content. 
I assume both continuous new stuff, 
as well as material for the “catalog".

As a rough first goal, I want a 
collection of 
GREAT tracks with (good) video.  
Enough to build a randomized playlist 
that can go for days and days with 
ZERO repeats.  Eventually aggregate 
enough material for regularly 
scheduled, “themed” shows.

(I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 
ELECTRONIC MUSIC GENRES OR 
HISTORY.  
I WILL NEED OTHERS’ PERSPECTIVE!!)

I want to eventually incorporate 
listener/watcher feedback mechanisms 
to allow certain things to be played more frequently, upvote/downvote, polls, contests…

And built-in on-screen QR codes 
for artist links, tipping mechanisms…. 
Lots of possibilities!


SO WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR? 


Simple:  

artists willing to let their content get played on a nascent platform.  

No cost or obligation to you.  Cancel anytime lol.  

Potential upside:  
another pipeline to get your music out there, 
and perhaps even new revenue streams.

My friend told me to find five people that can generate material consistently.  

I couldn’t help but laugh!

A typical HWJWC has lets say typically 35 or so really good entries.

Five minutes each.

(To be continued….)