brandonlucasgreen // kid lightbulbs

Jan 30

testing

Jan 26

Pricing defaults in the creator economy are weird given how comparatively cheap streaming services are. I understand why most people wouldn’t want to throw $5-10/month to a single artist when they’re paying $10-15/month for Spotify (note: I have feelings about Spotify’s pricing model) But I’d tota...Read more

Pricing defaults in the creator economy are weird given how comparatively cheap streaming services are. I understand why most people wouldn’t want to throw $5-10/month to a single artist when they’re paying $10-15/month for Spotify (note: I have feelings about Spotify’s pricing model) But I’d totally pay $1-3/month each to support a few artists I absolutely care about. I’ve been wondering - why don’t I see a lot of artists and creators experimenting with pricing? Why the $5 and $10 default? Is it just because those are easy to remember? Because they *are* the defaults?

Jan 25

My kind of “content” is random unfiltered thoughts thrown into the public ether

Jan 24

Earlier in my adult life, I’d written multiple entire albums - with liner notes & storyboards for music videos & marketing plans & everything - and scrapped them due to impostor syndrome. Even after starting to put them online in 2014 and generating some light interest among friends, I bailed on any...Read more

Earlier in my adult life, I’d written multiple entire albums - with liner notes & storyboards for music videos & marketing plans & everything - and scrapped them due to impostor syndrome. Even after starting to put them online in 2014 and generating some light interest among friends, I bailed on any promotion ideas I had because I convinced myself nobody would care or find the music good enough. 4 things changed in 2023: - I embraced my anxiety as inspiration for songwriting instead of shelving it - I finally figured out a vocal mix I could tolerate - i found a community (here) of like minded folks all supporting each other - my weird rock opera was bought by a few people who don’t know me

Jan 23

I really think my personal brand of “anxious yet privileged and moderately talented with too many ideas without the time to execute on them” is really gonna work this time