Blog 10: Growing as human, blown up IG post, new mic,
My My… The tenth blog? Stuff is going fast! In this blog I discuss growing as a human, a blown up IG post, and I show the new mic I bought. Enjoy the read!
Growing as human:
As discussed in the previous blog I was following a assertiveness training and it’s concluded now. This training taught me a lot of stuff. What kind of stuff? Well, how to tell people about your feelings, how to tell someone that you don’t like behavior they show, how to take feedback and a lot more.
It’s true that these exercises we did were very eye opening. But what helped me immensely was hearing the struggles and stories from the other participants. It made me think: “Wow… I never thought others were struggling with similar things.” Not just that, the way they told their stories felt so real that sometimes I didn’t know what to say…
Did you speak to? Yeah, when we were all at home behind our screens and webcams I did do it relatively often. However when we started seeing each other face to face.. Hehehe that was… A different story. It’s not like I never did but it often required a bit of stimulation from my psychologist. Now, of course she knows who I am. So sometimes she would just say: “Jordi might have something to share to.” Then, there’s no going back:) I appreciated it though, because it forces me to speak.
There were also times where I did it on my own but these moments were less frequent. But when I did I noticed I was perfectly able to speak with regular people no problem. And that made me feel good.
The group was very understanding and I was genuinely sad it ended. Hands down one of the best experiences in my life.
To conclude, I start getting better at bringing the things I learned into practice. What I didn’t anticipate is that my surroundings can’t always handle this version of me. No worries, it’s not my problem if not everyone can. There will be enough who will.
Blown up IG post:
Last month I was thinking about what I could do to get the new track in the spotlights. Yes to promote but also because I wanted to raise awareness for mental health. So, I set up my phone to film me perform the second verse of the new track. I edit it, upload it to IG and set up the ad. Within a matter of minutes my phone won’t stop buzzing.
I was like: “man, what’s going on?” I noticed 100 views, 60 likes and 10 comments! All of these were really encouraging and heartwarming comments. This continued throughout the duration of the ad. It reached 30.000 views and a massive load of comments.
Also had a lot of people messaged me saying they were inspired and I should never quit music.. All this traffic was cool, but it overwhelmed me a bit.. I was in tears because I never thought it would have this kind of impact. If you’re one of the people that interacted positively with the post, thanks! You’re a real one.
New mic:
I’ve been playing with the idea to buy a new microphone for a while. I was lucky to borrow a Rode NT1000 from a friend. This mic sounded way better than my Rode-NT1A. I saved up a lot of money and originally, I wanted to buy myself a mic around my birthday. But, that friend messaged me and said he needed the mic back to record some stuff.
So, I was left with a choice, continue recording with my own mic, buy the NT1000 or buy the mic I would love to have. The Neumann TLM-102. I made the choice to buy the mic now. Why? Well I had the money so now felt right. The quality is amazing! Should you ever have the money to buy it do it!
Thats all for this blog. Till next time!