In regards to the last post, I was entirely overwhelmed and in a pretty dark place, but I survived to the end of the month, and I'm doing pretty OK and not very concerned about friends I may or may not have lost. And as far as failing classes go, my father surprised me and presented me with a whole new outlook on the situation. My failure has now become a positive in several ways. But enough about that.
What I really want to blog about is that my EP is finally published and out in the open. It's live over at joshuatucker.bandcamp.com and is set for pay what you want, which can be hundreds, or tens, or pocket change, or it can be free. As of writing this blog, I've done very little promotion. I've posted the link on my tumblr which automatically posts to my twitter, but I only have 5 tumblr followers, and my twitter followers rarely (if ever) click on my links, so that doesn't really count. I still haven't chosen a time to push it to Facebook, but when I do, I know it's gonna be awesome. Or not. Historically, my links are also ignored on Facebook, but I have a few people who are on the lookout for it. And maybe someone will see that I have a product and finally be interested in what I do.
Anyway, it took a lot of back and forth with myself about when I should do it. On the one hand I wanted to see what would happen if I took heed to this "ignorance on fire" ideology and let the chips fall where they may. On the other hand, I'm currently having some issues with my paypal and while I don't expect too many people (or really, anyone) to choose to pay, if they did, I'm not absolutely sure I would receive the payment, and that's a problem. What forced my hand, though, is that I know that at least two of my associates are working on musical projects and I will surely be outshone by them if I make the mistake of releasing when they do. In addition, waiting until after their novelty went away was just not an option, considering that I've been planning to release this since last year. The only viable option was to shoot first, and I have essentially done that.
Here's to hoping some record executive comes across it and decides on a whim that I've got the sound he's looking for, and I end the year with a recording contract and a few million dollars in my pocket. Or maybe at least 10 of my friends will listen and someone might pay a dollar or two, I don't know.
50 points for reading, 100 for going to my bandcamp page. 300 for streaming, 500 for downloading, 45 million if you choose to pay even a cent for my music, because I appreciate the fuck out of that level of support.
JOSH, THE SHERM
