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Hi everyone, my name is Kent, and I have 340k subscribers on Facebook, 80k on Twitter, and I'm now deciding to go ALL IN for Steemit and DTube.
Over the last two weeks, I've acquainted myself with the platform, gotten to know the #DTubeDaily group really well, connected with my good friends @terrybrock and @harshilpatel here, and gotten through a blockage that I've had for years.
I'm FINALLY recording video regularly. It's not always finessed, but I'm hitting "send" every day. That's all thanks to Steemit. Yes, it's great that this is a decentralized place that values conversation and integrity. I dig that. And it's really cool that content creators are rewarded for their original material. But I'm staying because of what it's doing for ME as a content creator and person.
Thanks, everyone. This is (finally) my official introduction here. I've put 17 fairly random things about myself into an oddball reel with a musical bed of a tune off of one of my recordings ("Good Night" from "Short Life of Trouble", with brilliant musician & producer Dejan Iljiic).
Here are some of the things I cover in this intro video!
- I was born face down, and a doctor shone a flashlight on my head to see if I had a brain.
- I have legitimately lived in 25 different places in my 39 years. That’s an average of a move every year and a half. We’ve been here a year, and I’m hoping it sticks.
- I begged my parents to let me take piano lessons at 3. My teacher’s name was Joy
- The first year of life, my parents couldn’t get me to stop crying. My dad would run around the block in below zero weather to get me to stop for only a few minutes
- My parents dropped me on my head. I’ve never shaved it, so I have yet to see the scars
- My first memories are of Louisiana, where I lived in Shreveport, near a friendly old couple that gave me a dime for fetching their paper
- I have loved real frozen yogurt since I was 4, walking with my parents to a local frozen yogurt place (before it was cool), and sitting in converted Singer sewing machine chairs
- I started school at 4 because I lived in Louisiana at the time, and was just before the cutoff. Therefore, I always appeared the same size as all the other students
- I’m very tall / 2 meters or 6’7”
- My grandmother was an antique salesperson, with a little shop in a little town in Minnesota. I have always loved throw-away treasures
- I won the prize for hucking the most records in a contest during middle school. I think I sold a few hundred bucks worth, and won $20.
- I played “Irish Washerwoman” on the upright bass as a 6th grader, along with 50 other kids, on 50 other kinds of instruments, all in unison, on stage in one big performance.
- I broke the record for juggling the most times without dropping the balls in 7th grade gym class. The teacher had to stop me or I would have juggled all afternoon.
- I have a PhD in classical composition
- I like French fries better than chocolate
- I’m the son of a poet and a pediatrician
- I love dogs, cats, ferrets, rats, and just about every other animal – therefore I’m a vegetarian
Many adventures to you!
— Kent
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Hi Kent, I'm with the Steemit Team and would like to extend an official "welcome" to the platform! I started off as a content creator on the platform and agree 100% with what you said you like most about the platform. I had been thinking about shooting videos and writing articles for years but did barely anything before finding steemit. Once I joined I couldn't STOP creating content, and while everything might not have been the greatest, I did get better over time.
What makes me so excited about people like you joining the platform is that you already know what it takes to become a successful content creator and you can help educate our users on how to do that too, thereby increasing the overall quality of the content stored on our blockchain. Would love to chat with you so feel free to message me on steemit.chat (@andrarchy) or e-mail me at andrarchy@steemit.com.
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Hey @drkent. It's great to see such talent joining the Steemit community. I’m a music lover, and a sonic artist, and I listen to a bunch of different genres. I’m also a researcher in psychoacoustics, which is all about the perception and psychology of hearing and our response to music. Again, very little knowledge in the visual art, but I do reckon that it all ties together in ways. I didn’t realise how Steemit could actually be such a great platform to showcase artistic talent like this.. My earliest posts on Steemit were all about my music, but I completely gave up hope because they got no views or up votes.. It was really discouraging, so I just began posting more generic blogs about cryptocurrencies etc, whatever was hot on the scene… So, I’m really glad the artsy side of Steemit is working out for you. Maybe some day I’ll get there too! 😅 I understand the discouragement that often comes in the beginning of most people's Steemit journeys. I'd say that realistically, I have ample time to give my music posts another try, but not until I’m really cooking on Steemit. To me, "passion" posts are where the greatest value comes from – even if there's little financial reward, the greater gift is in the creation itself. Here at Steemit it’s important to find the what gives and gives just as much as you give, and more. It's perfect for people who want to express themselves creatively, find their voice and exercise their ideation. I appreciate it as a platform/spotlight/amplifier for expression. Even more rewarding will be the connections we make with other participants in the community. There's a definite feeling of kinship here, and I'm proud to contribute through various roles: songwriter, encourager, appreciator, and sister.
Art and creativity helps me connect to the world emotionally. It’s really so much more than people think.. It’s a journey, and it’s fun to get lost. Anyway, it’s really nice to read that others appreciate it as much as I do.. Happy New Year, and keep up the good content on Steemit.
At the moment I can't seem to get any exposure on Steemit, but I'm inspired and hopeful after seeing how well your "introduceyourself" post is going down... Do let me know if you have any good tips!!! Anyway, welcome to the Steemit community, keep up the good work and Happy blogging!
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Hey my friend, this is a beautiful comment. Thanks for your in-depth thoughts, and I'd love to see you succeed here! I'll enjoy out finding more about what you do, and I hope that you interact with more of my posts, and I'll do the exact same! My best tip is to really just be yourself, be playful, look at the people who vote on your posts as actual people, and see what they would like to read & see! Good luck, and please stay in close touch!
