(WARNING RANT AHEAD) The Hero’s Journey of DVD Publishing (WARNING RANT AHEAD)
Well I finally was able to fire off the email newsletter to notify everyone about my new video offerings listings and this is where we will find out if it was all worth it or not. The last 4 or 5 months have been the hardest on me because of having to learn all the different programs and software and a whole bunch of other things that have finally made my brain feel like jelly sliding around in that big cavity I call my skull. (Chuckle)
I really didn’t realize what I was getting myself into when I jumped onto this happy hay ride of mine and thought “How hard can it be to self publish?”
Well I have survived the hardest part of this trial by relentlessly jammin the right side of my brain with so much information that I feel I’ve melted into a jellified tub of goo. I’ve been slaving away for 15 to 18 hours a day of doing nothing but constant crammin of information into this 50 year old glob of gray matter that I call a brain. The big revelation for me is that I’m just getting too old for this, or am I?
As I sit here workin’ and sipping on my bottle ArtJuice from Monavie trying to replenish all the brain cells that I have mutilated in the last six months, I really believe if it were not for this crazy jungle juice my sanity probably would not be in tact. I swear by it. I’ve learned so much about creating eBooks, videos, editing html, ftp, http, https, seo, ceo, ocs and, ee ii, ee ii, ooohhhhh! , quick gimme that friggen ArtJuice again I’m starting to have a melt down …
Haven’t you ever just sat back after a long day of brain straining stuff and just wanted to change into a plain white shirts and pocket protectors and reach for that paintbrush? There’s this sense of peace when I paint. I love it. I may have to be all modern and blog but I’ll be the first to tell you I’m far more happy with a brush in my hand and paint on my hands.
Can any other Artists out here relate to what I’m sayin?
Hi Art,
How are you? I hope you are well. I don’t know how I stumbled on your site but I have to say I am very impressed. If it hasn’t been so slow these days I don’t know how you would have found the time to do all this. You must have a staff of twenty people working for you. Anyway, Bravo on what you have acomplished ! I wish you alot of success with your new venture into teaching and sellin dvd’s. I have been around this business about as long as you too and agree with you on many of your comments about what has happened in to this industry.
Warm Regards,
Eric Spiegel
Wow Eric!
I am so glad you found me and I hope you become a regular. Yes you are so right and I am trying to do something about it by bringing some awareness to our area, I am in the midst of doing seminars and forming a community of us professionals to try and bring some education to the ones who need it, but they also have to have a true passion for the survival of our artform.
It has been gruelling to get this together and I have had some help specifically from Jason Hartgrave who without his help I really dont think I would have got this off the ground. The production of the DVD’s I taught myself how to do because everyone wanted way more than I could afford and have spent the last 6 months learning how to do in hopes that at least some would at least try and get a little more education. These are some basic things that I am teaching which has to do more about color than anything else.
I guess I am a crew of 20 then because all the other things I have been doing on my own. I even have learned how to do ebooks also which I will get back to IF I get the time lol Even though things are very slow I still stay productive. Give me a call sometime I would like to tell you what some of my plans are because this is going to take many of us to make this happen and would love to have you involved. In these times we need more comaraderie than ever…….