Hey Steemians,
so here I am, 1.5 years and almost 40k later that I invested into developing myself as a musician. Instead of investing into a property, I had quit my day job and invested into myself - intellectual property. I spent the money to basically pay my monthly bills and buy food. Not shopping or extravagant travels.... though I did go on a Tour in the US (see below) to support developing my music.
THE HIGHLIGHTS
To highlight just a few out of the hundreds of things I've done to get my musical career off the ground, here's the list - I've contacted venues and hotels to get paid gigs (mostly unsuccessfully), played open mics - mostly successfully :), started playing at jam sessions to get to know more musicians which is now paying off by having more contacts; paid for consultations with an experienced manager; successfully offering songwriting workshops and consultations (check www.messageofthesong.com; went on a self-sponsored Open-Mic Tour around the US with the intention to build my audience and expose my music to new venues; got selected for and took part in a songwriting retreat in California with Judy Stakee (the talent development engine behind Cheryl Crow, Gavin DeGraw or Katie Perry) which was also a fantastic experience; and eventually found Steemit and started sharing my music here as much as I can WHILE gaining the amazing support of 
THE CROSSROADS
While I feel incredibly blessed to have had this opportunity to dedicate my life to a full-time music career, I haven't YET managed to start generating sufficient monthly income with music and my songwriting workshops. My songwriting workshops have proven to be potentially successful so I will focus on developing them now. For the rest, Steemit has started making a difference for me but it's still hard to rely on financially at this point since I'm relatively new here and also the price of crypto fluctuates...
So I'm standing at the crossroads - I have a BUDGET left for about 2 MONTHS ... and then I need some income. I really don't want to return to an office which was death to my soul for the last 10 years or so, so I am thinking what all I could offer to generate income with music and music-related activities.
In addition to generating income with my songwriting workshops, paid gigs (hard to get for me) and my activities on Steemit, I thought that I would simply ask for your ideas and opinions. I can do many things, and it would be a shame to put this person behind an office computer where she will die once again... So I made a list of things I can do and would like to ask you for ideas where I could take it to make some money to pay the bills.
MY SKILLS
Advanced - Musical
- songwriting
- singing
- playing piano
- music production
- audio editing
- teaching songwriting workshops
- conducting interviews
- host a radio show
- research
- providing musical feedback/curation
- coach and encourage others (and share my experience from personal development courses, therapy, spiritual studies, meditation, yoga)
- creating and developing concepts
Advanced - Non-Musical
- project management (I'm really well organized and deliver on time)
- translation (Slovak/English)
Mid Level
- video editing in iMovie
- Photoshop
While I don't expect you to solve the puzzle for me, I'd love to hear your suggestions about where I could utilize my talents on and off Steemit. More heads, more ideas... And perhaps someone is looking for a person like me to work with.
I AM
- reliable
- hard working
- creative
- smart
- constructive
- experienced
- an idea generator
- on time
So feel free to resteem this and leave any comments about ideas and tips you might have for me. I really appreciate your time reading through this.
Thank you!
Petra
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