I’ve seen a ton of those types drop off the map after a few years. Most of the people I know who have been doing this a long time are mostly, if not fully sober and you’ll likely make a bad impression if you just bust out a bag.
Look, I know there’s the age old stereotype that “networking” in the music industry involves doing rails with a promoter in the green room, but I promise you it doesn’t really reflect the reality. All it’s going to get you involved with is promoters with a drug problem. Cont. 1/2
Everyone be like “go touch grass” but I’ll have you know that I touched grass and now I’m just ITCHY.
Look, are we really that surprised that the pope lost the will to live not even 24 hours after being forced to do a photo op with JD Vance?
Trump posted: ‘All federal funding will STOP for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!’
The "you can thank Trump for stocks and crypto spiking" crowd is really, really quiet right now. Sucks to suck 😂
3. Spending more time connecting with people on places like Discord, where I don't have an algorithmically curated social experience.
4. Journaling, getting my experiences, fears and such out on paper so I don't have to carry them around in my brain all day.
Anything you've found that helps?
1. Reading: a lot of leftist literature, deep dives on a few topics that I want to be educated about like immigration statistics and similarities/differences between each presidential administration.
2. Searching out activist groups close by to me, ranging from protest groups to sustainable farming
So I've been having to take a step back from music lately due to a diagnosis of cubital tunnel that's made it difficult to play the guitar and be on the computer too much. I've had to keep myself from just doomscrolling and here's a few things that have been helping:
Sup bb boi 😘
Well, here we go with another new social media site. Hello everyone! I'm an electronic music producer and guitar player attempting to navigate our current dystopia without completely losing it.