I had a hard day yesterday and the day before. Everything’s gonna be ok, it’s just that 2020 has been… hard. Glynn's story reminded me of one of my favorite quotes, from Winston Churchill. “when you’re going through hell, keep going”
As Rodney Atkins sings it, "If you're going through Hell keep on going, don't slow down. If you're scared, don't show it. You might get out, before the devil even knows you're there"
Hey jack. Sister got diagnosed with cancer and my family is giving away our 8 years old dog. Hard times indeed, but I keep going. I am constantly working alone on an animation music video and at the same time recording a series of tutorials on music production. No other option than this. Thank you for this video and for your art. I really hope that you could read this and I hope that it can help people get stuff in perspective
you all probably dont care but does someone know of a method to log back into an instagram account? I was dumb forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me
@Luciano Cristiano Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Jack, I "jumped out a plane" 6 years ago. Sold my house, quit my job, changed cities, got married and started shooting/editing video all in September 2014. A leap of faith and still a work in progress. No looking back, I wouldn't trade it. Thanks for sharing Glynn's story.
Jack, I'll take all the stories I can on people overcoming voices (internal or external) that tell them that they suck and what they make isn't worth looking at. Keep 'em coming. And what a beautiful way to put your money behind your badass values. I hope you get so many submissions you can hardly get through them all!
Jack, this was amazing, I'm a huge Snap Judgement fan and Glynn's story is incredible! The editing is also so spot on for Snap's feel, incredible work, thank you thank you!
Moved my recording studio from the childhood home, 3 apartments, friends spare room, ex’s house, our home and currently a one room bachelor pad. Now finally I can go through terabytes of audio on numerous hard drives on multiple platforms along with tape, compact disc’s, internal memory, zip discs all to distill 25 years of experimentation into a one hit wonder summertime jam. That’s my dream.
Thanks Jack. It's only thanks to you that I have realised I'm not just a muso, but a content creator. 25 Videos into it and getting better and stronger each time! These video's inspire me to work harder and believe!
Jack, sitting here in Germany watching and listening to your great stories. Thanks for reminding us and keeping us on the edge to never stop trying! Especially in these times it's hard as a creative / creator to not forget what got us going in the first place: the urge to create and express our visions. Thanks from the bottom of my heart for being an inspiration with your work and the stories you tell!
Thank you Jack, for everything. I first caught you with scary pockets and as a huge funk fan/musician i fell hard down the hole. Since I have found out more about your incredible journey and it continues to motivate me to keep recording and releasing content with my band, my musical partner and by myself. Again THANK YOU!
Jack, this channel might be my favourite thing on the internet right now. So motivational and inspiring, such an incredible story, and I absolutely adore the way you make your videos. It really means the world that you keep putting these out. Sorry you've had a rough couple of days, take care of yourself, and keep up the incredible work. Now I need to go check out Snap Judgement
Thank You and Glynn for THIS!!! This is a story of LIFE with a Smile chaser! Of dreams made real! I have a creative mind that was first recognized by my second grade teacher who asked my parent's permission to send my poetry out to children's magazines. All the replies, negative. Some pointed out that the poems were not for children. I continued to write poetry but did not share them. End of high school I was into photography and ended up having a one man show at a museum. Nothing sold but one piece was rented for a time and then returned.Then my eyesight started to fade and I could not focus the camera, even with my new glasses. I learned woodworking as a hobby. I was in my forties before I leaned into ART again... I became a stay-at-home father taking care of my infant son when he had major health issues. I needed something to give my mind a brake from this at night and started to write again; I taught myself to write screenplays at night when my son might calm down. I found a lot of joy in screenwriting but being self taught had no idea if these were even coherent. By a series of events that were mostly bad luck, a screenplay was read by a production partner of Elijah Wood. I was hoping to be told if I had any ability in screenwriting or not. That screenplay ended up being in development at SpectreVision, Elijah's Production company, for five years. Then Nothing. I wrote other scripts but when they just took up space in my laptop... It literally hurt to have my babies... in a dark hole. I stopped writing scripts. In my fifties, I started writing a novel in February of 2020, it was published in July 2020. I am writing my second now. I created an AudioBook version of the first novel, but Audible turned it down twice. A series of ups-and-downs is the best description. I learned just before I started the 1st novel that I am Dyslexic. Challenges... I thank you for this video about Challenges and about the drive that comes from being ARTISTICALLY INCLINED. Wonderful Video my Friend!
I'm at a point in my life where I refused going the "expected" route a standard engineer will go to explore my passions combining technology with art and I'm now trying find my way to make a living through creation. Each video of yours bring me some more hope that perseverance could end up fruitful. I follow you and your band pomplamoose since your days before you announced your patreon page, I watched your mashups in awe every now and then for like the past 7 years and the recent videos on this channel bring me some confidence to believe that I could me too one day live from sharing my creativity and crafts with the world. Thank you.
Jack, thanks so much for these videos you've been uploading recently. I quit my teaching job to make music and I am now almost done with my first EP. You've given me the validation to keep going for it when I've second-guessed myself.
i've watched you for years jack and i always come back to your videos, the old videosongs still inspire me and i want to start doing it too. you make me want to be myself. peace
Hi Jack! I just want to say you have been a huge inspiration for me for over a decade now and this year I finally started developing content for people to enjoy and a lot of it is thanks to your early work as yourself and with Pomplamoose. You have a beautiful soul and I really appreciate all the work you do for artists and musicians to succeed.
Jack, I watch one of your videos everyday at 10:00 AM sharp, because I learned from you that inspiration could be called upon, and you are that for me. Soon i'm going to run out of my morning motivation videos! Keep going & thank you!
Jack, I just want to say, this is SUCH a great video. As always. I love your main work with Patreon but I really respect the sheer amount of effort you put into these videos. Regardless of the amount of views you get, the editing/filming/production values of your content is always so incredibly impressive and rivals anyone else creating on this platform.
Wonderful story and video!! Thank you for all the work you do with Patreon. Met you at PatreCon 2018 in LA, and looking forward to the next PatreCon when it is possible to gather again.
I’ve always wanted to be a creator. More specifically, an author. But the fear of rejection and wasting my time has alway held me back. This is a great story that has inspired me!
i am not a creator. at least not in the conventional sense. but i love your videos! the quality is exceptional and the content is even better! the thing that amazes me the most is how approachable, authentic and emotional you are in your video. first founder of a multi million company i have seen so far! thanks for showing a different path!
Hey Jack! I really needed this video today. I'm a 3D animator based in the UK trying (and struggling like so many) to get my way into the industry. This year has been soo fucking hard. Are stories like Glynn's that make me believe that I can achieve my dreams. Thanks. Take care.
Enjoyed this one a lot, nice story, inspiring! For me there is a very real and concrete truth around starting small: a real desire to express myself and to share what I have to say/sing/show takes always ground in some real and close relationship. I even have to come back to this first truth after years of hoping to see something happen on the web with people I never met...
Thanks for this Jack. I echo others who have said this channel is inspirational. It captures and validates the angst and frustration of a new creator trying to 'make it' while giving hope that success is inevitable if consistent. I would love to see a video on musical artists who struggle to fit into any genre and stay there, or at least try and get established as an artist when they are a musical chameleon. That is my journey at the moment.
Love this story! Love your story telling ability Jack! I graduate college this year and you've inspired me to be a creator after I graduate. Thank you!
You've inspired me to start my journey as a creator after several years of thinking about it. You know what? It might just work. Thanks for all this, Jack.
Hey Jack hope you're doing better... It's funny (not haha funny, but the other kind) all throughout this, and after reading the Churchill quote you were feeling too- I couldn't help but think of a quote from The Newsroom, goes like this, "There's a difference between being tough and wanting to be. [...] I want to be." Thanks for making videos, maybe one day your grit and tenacity and determination (and Glynn's) will rub off on me too...
I think that this whole narrative of "drop everything else in your life and focus on art is stupid..." well at least not a way forward that works for everyone and every artist. I want to work as a professional artist in the future, but right now that just isn't possible. The stress, the uncertainty of not having enough money for food or rent, and the procrastination, grinds my ability to work to almost zero. So instead I'm focusing on working jobs that gives me the energy to my creative side, like jobs where I work a lot outside and with my body. The starving artist narrative kind of paints the only way to be an artist is to work at it full time and just hope that you can survive some how, but I think a better way for people that are depressed or easily stressed is to do it part time and slowly building a career that way. Just something I hope successful artists would keep in mind when they give advise.
I loved his story, Jack. I _really_ love hearing your stories and the stories of others. A lot of them really resonate with me, especially your video on failure....you've got my number, sir. Funny, though, when I think about how you defined failure (which totally had a monetary amount loosely attached to it), I saw so very much of your efforts as success. Your videos - especially your really off-the-wall-extremely-creative-and-inventive videos inspired me as a creator. And to see the thousands of subscribers and views you had left me thinking, "well that still looks like success to me." The ancient philosophy of stoicism is really big on this idea that you can change your opinion about things, which helps define how you respond to situations. For the longest time, as a wannabe musician, composer and performer, I'd look at the views and subscribers Pomplamoose was getting in the late 2000s with envy - I could barely get 30 views and had viewed everything I'd ever done as a failure. Enter stoicism and some shifting in my opinions and viewpoints, I think I feel a shift in perspective now for the first time in my life. Just this week I had a video premiere for a re-imagining of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon - probably my greatest musical accomplishment to-date. I maxed out at 18 viewers during the premiere, currently sit at only 160 views, and 60 subscribers. In most eyes, that could be construed as failure - and in the back of my mind I struggle to suppress the temptation to feel that way, too. But with effort, with mindfulness, and a change in how I view failure and success, I have chosen to see the intimate opportunity to share a creation of mine with a handful of friends and strangers as success. There were people who had the privilege of seeing and hearing something that was not in the world before, and now is. You inspire me Jack. You really do. I think sometimes you need to give yourself more credit where credit is due. I could systematically go through most of your old Pomplamoose and Jack Conte Music videos and tell you why I felt every single one of those efforts was not a bomb or a miserable failure. Perspective can be quite empowering. I love you Jack. Keep doing the great work, keep creating, and keep sharing. You inspire me to keep at it despite the odds.
I’ve had a creative burnout a while back. These videos are reason I started creating again. I made a whole thing that’s took days to figure out and then once it was done. I didn’t publish. I realised that sometimes to get your flow back you need to just doodle for no one to see!
Man I always enjoy a jack conte video. I recently hit a new milestone because of a video you made about how to sell your art without selling out. I changed my packaging. And I’ve made more progress then I thought possible. In the past 6 months I’ve more than tripled my subs, I’ve started a job editing for Markiplier’s fitness trainer, and I’m loving all of it. I’d love to talk with you and pick your brain one day. Maybe an interview in the future lol. Anyway. Thank you for making art.
Jack! REALLY nice and so inspiring...looks like I'd better hop on the phone to my brother, Steve Blizin and get some inspiration over to him NOW. Steve's currently with Jon Grilz at Creeepy; he did his own Drift and Ramble on Patreon too. Sound man extraordinaire and multi-talented...you have put out there such a heartwarming story through Glynn's story. Truly moved by it, as well as your own personal story. Thanks for sharing. Gotta go, though - time to call Steve. Ok, byeeeeeeeeeeeee
Love this video and what you’re doing here. One suggestion...how about including a short clip from the show to add a little context. But, other than that, please, keep this going,
I sat on the line from just after midway in of, "I think this is what I need to do right now." I have a good job, I have a wife and son, but I feel like I may need to do something else right now. Be well, Jack.
I just found you Jack! (Well sort of...) I’ve been listening to your music for about a year or so now, then I found yours and Natalie’s wedding video, then a few episodes of your morning show, and now I just found out about your “extras” I had no idea you helped create Patreon! I love it. Your content is to the creative world what I think Simon Sinek is to the business world. Two quick comments, if you need another story check out Zack King real nice guy who would totally share in the kinds of stories you are telling. Other comment is wondering your thoughts on the life value of content and how to keep it the good stuff that your made previously available, and relevant, and even capable of being resurrected?
It's interesting the way you opened this video with Snap Judgments and the vilifying rant. I thought this might be some insight into to the cancell culture that the patrion platform has been accused of embracing but I was met with what I can only describe as feeling like hypocrisy. This long drawn out subjectively endearing story that begs a lifetime's worth of consideration for motives, life experiences, personal value, and place within community, all these things that instill the very programmed opinion you talk about with those relevant questions you have mentioned before, that demand from creators to identify their objectives in line with the those subjectively prescribed by platforms built on "engagement" the questions that hijack your own personal understandings and motives. This is the kind of complex, indeapth, and long steaping subjective considerations that build supporting naratives and ultimately personal and cognitive biases in perception and interperitation through the "influence" of emotional conditioning with social story. Ironically none of this consideration is given when so many jump to the kind of "Snap Judgment" that labels strangers or those who think differently with vilifying projections of group hate, or group priviledge in ignorance and prejudice to the individual. It's so easy for meaning to be lost or confused, maybe if the video had not started with such an inflamitory statement, paralleling so deeply with the toxic and punitive experience others have had both on several other platforms for expression, it might not have been such a disappointing experience to see it unfold into a promotional video that stroking the ego of some podcast creator attempting to develope audience empathy through some rags to riches, overcoming the strughle backstory narative that feigns vulnerability, and virtue a of hard work. It might be you oversell this with you passion, I just find the whole excessive empathy and amazement with the human side of the story to be completely disingenuous when the way that people are deplatformed with zero regard for anything more than superficial compliance with social naratives and a bullying group think that boarders on fascism. I guess if I am allowing for open consideration to what I am sharing my question might be what is the point of "snap judgments". I think a question that might offer clearer perspective on what I see in this landscape is this, When you consider "What we know" or attempt to establish what "we all need to do" to begin in a place of honest consideration of our worth and how we serve others is, who is the "we" you frame in your thoughts.
Yo, that start just made me think that maybe I could use a synth pad as also a macro pad. Instead a numpad keyboard or something. Similarly I guess a numpad might be able to be used in the same way.
In all fairness, Mel Torme is no Jack Conte. Glad you did your thing, man. The world’s a better place for your commitment to doing the good you know in your heart you want to do.
Interesting... Thought provoking, inspiration of a reluctant visionary. One of the more inspirational types of human beings. You're becoming a habit, Jack. But do far it's been purely medicinal. And it seems to be working. Thanks. 😎🤙
Jack I’m new to this, probably too old to being doing RUclips (but love it), respect and admire your perspective on things. That said...I’d would love an honest critique so I too can improve and hopefully better tap into my creative energy.
Hey Jack, thanks for making this inspiring video! one question I have is how do you find out what your "thing" is? I've had many hobbies, but none of them I get the feeling I should make it into a job. Is it a feeling you get that just happens? or a decision that you make? or do you hear your "calling"? I know I want to create, but there's many options to create. I feel I might be stuck on hobby jumping forever to find the right one. Thanks - AL
I had a hard day yesterday and the day before. Everything’s gonna be ok, it’s just that 2020 has been… hard. Glynn's story reminded me of one of my favorite quotes, from Winston Churchill. “when you’re going through hell, keep going”
As Rodney Atkins sings it, "If you're going through Hell keep on going, don't slow down. If you're scared, don't show it. You might get out, before the devil even knows you're there"
Hey jack. Sister got diagnosed with cancer and my family is giving away our 8 years old dog. Hard times indeed, but I keep going. I am constantly working alone on an animation music video and at the same time recording a series of tutorials on music production. No other option than this.
Thank you for this video and for your art. I really hope that you could read this and I hope that it can help people get stuff in perspective
you all probably dont care but does someone know of a method to log back into an instagram account?
I was dumb forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me
@Pedro Leonard instablaster :)
@Luciano Cristiano Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
props to glynn for not giving up, that’s real persistence!
This whole channel is a goddamn inspiration. Thanks for doing your thing, Conte
Jack, I "jumped out a plane" 6 years ago. Sold my house, quit my job, changed cities, got married and started shooting/editing video all in September 2014. A leap of faith and still a work in progress. No looking back, I wouldn't trade it. Thanks for sharing Glynn's story.
at this point it doesn't matter what Jack posts, I already know it's gonna be insanely interesting even if its' about something I know nothing about
Jack, I'll take all the stories I can on people overcoming voices (internal or external) that tell them that they suck and what they make isn't worth looking at. Keep 'em coming. And what a beautiful way to put your money behind your badass values. I hope you get so many submissions you can hardly get through them all!
Jack, this was amazing, I'm a huge Snap Judgement fan and Glynn's story is incredible! The editing is also so spot on for Snap's feel, incredible work, thank you thank you!
Moved my recording studio from the childhood home, 3 apartments, friends spare room, ex’s house, our home and currently a one room bachelor pad. Now finally I can go through terabytes of audio on numerous hard drives on multiple platforms along with tape, compact disc’s, internal memory, zip discs all to distill 25 years of experimentation into a one hit wonder summertime jam. That’s my dream.
Thanks Jack. It's only thanks to you that I have realised I'm not just a muso, but a content creator.
25 Videos into it and getting better and stronger each time! These video's inspire me to work harder and believe!
Jack, sitting here in Germany watching and listening to your great stories. Thanks for reminding us and keeping us on the edge to never stop trying! Especially in these times it's hard as a creative / creator to not forget what got us going in the first place: the urge to create and express our visions. Thanks from the bottom of my heart for being an inspiration with your work and the stories you tell!
Such an amazing conversation! Thank you for sharing this Jack! And awesome work with the animations and storytelling!
You truly are an inspiration and totally get the creative juices flowing...
Always a treat Jack thanks from a UK fan 🇬🇧👍🤙
Thank you Jack, for everything. I first caught you with scary pockets and as a huge funk fan/musician i fell hard down the hole. Since I have found out more about your incredible journey and it continues to motivate me to keep recording and releasing content with my band, my musical partner and by myself. Again THANK YOU!
Jack, this channel might be my favourite thing on the internet right now. So motivational and inspiring, such an incredible story, and I absolutely adore the way you make your videos. It really means the world that you keep putting these out. Sorry you've had a rough couple of days, take care of yourself, and keep up the incredible work. Now I need to go check out Snap Judgement
Thank You and Glynn for THIS!!! This is a story of LIFE with a Smile chaser! Of dreams made real! I have a creative mind that was first recognized by my second grade teacher who asked my parent's permission to send my poetry out to children's magazines. All the replies, negative. Some pointed out that the poems were not for children. I continued to write poetry but did not share them. End of high school I was into photography and ended up having a one man show at a museum. Nothing sold but one piece was rented for a time and then returned.Then my eyesight started to fade and I could not focus the camera, even with my new glasses. I learned woodworking as a hobby. I was in my forties before I leaned into ART again... I became a stay-at-home father taking care of my infant son when he had major health issues. I needed something to give my mind a brake from this at night and started to write again; I taught myself to write screenplays at night when my son might calm down. I found a lot of joy in screenwriting but being self taught had no idea if these were even coherent. By a series of events that were mostly bad luck, a screenplay was read by a production partner of Elijah Wood. I was hoping to be told if I had any ability in screenwriting or not. That screenplay ended up being in development at SpectreVision, Elijah's Production company, for five years. Then Nothing. I wrote other scripts but when they just took up space in my laptop... It literally hurt to have my babies... in a dark hole. I stopped writing scripts. In my fifties, I started writing a novel in February of 2020, it was published in July 2020. I am writing my second now. I created an AudioBook version of the first novel, but Audible turned it down twice. A series of ups-and-downs is the best description. I learned just before I started the 1st novel that I am Dyslexic. Challenges... I thank you for this video about Challenges and about the drive that comes from being ARTISTICALLY INCLINED. Wonderful Video my Friend!
I'm at a point in my life where I refused going the "expected" route a standard engineer will go to explore my passions combining technology with art and I'm now trying find my way to make a living through creation. Each video of yours bring me some more hope that perseverance could end up fruitful. I follow you and your band pomplamoose since your days before you announced your patreon page, I watched your mashups in awe every now and then for like the past 7 years and the recent videos on this channel bring me some confidence to believe that I could me too one day live from sharing my creativity and crafts with the world. Thank you.
Jack, thanks so much for these videos you've been uploading recently. I quit my teaching job to make music and I am now almost done with my first EP. You've given me the validation to keep going for it when I've second-guessed myself.
Glad I found your channel, alot of good ideas
Thanks for making this Jack! My friends and I love it
I don't know how you have the time to do so many amazing things. Thank you for sharing it with us!!
i've watched you for years jack and i always come back to your videos, the old videosongs still inspire me and i want to start doing it too. you make me want to be myself. peace
Thanks Jack :) Super encouraging to hear his story!
Please keep making these videos. I know they don't get heaps of views, but they're really great and I love what you're doing on this channel
That's beautiful and encouraging story. Thank you for sharing!
I'm a Snapper thanks to Glynn. Got introduced by hearing an episode of Spooked 5 years ago. Love the show.
An aspiring full time podcaster, this was genuinely the most incredible story. Thank you jack - as always. Love you energy and passion.
This is an awesome story. Thank you for bringing this into the light, Jack! Adding this podcast to my list!
Hi Jack! I just want to say you have been a huge inspiration for me for over a decade now and this year I finally started developing content for people to enjoy and a lot of it is thanks to your early work as yourself and with Pomplamoose. You have a beautiful soul and I really appreciate all the work you do for artists and musicians to succeed.
Jack, I watch one of your videos everyday at 10:00 AM sharp, because I learned from you that inspiration could be called upon, and you are that for me. Soon i'm going to run out of my morning motivation videos! Keep going & thank you!
Jack, I just want to say, this is SUCH a great video. As always. I love your main work with Patreon but I really respect the sheer amount of effort you put into these videos. Regardless of the amount of views you get, the editing/filming/production values of your content is always so incredibly impressive and rivals anyone else creating on this platform.
Wonderful story and video!!
Thank you for all the work you do with Patreon. Met you at PatreCon 2018 in LA, and looking forward to the next PatreCon when it is possible to gather again.
Hey, even after following you for 10+ years - your art is still getting better! Very great video from start to end!!
There is one episode of Snap Judgement I continue to go back to for inspiration. I had absolutely no idea about this story, phenomenal! Thank you!
What’s that one episode? Don’t hold out on us....
I’ve always wanted to be a creator. More specifically, an author. But the fear of rejection and wasting my time has alway held me back. This is a great story that has inspired me!
i am not a creator. at least not in the conventional sense. but i love your videos! the quality is exceptional and the content is even better!
the thing that amazes me the most is how approachable, authentic and emotional you are in your video. first founder of a multi million company i have seen so far!
thanks for showing a different path!
Thanks for this amazing interview. Been a SJ fan for a while and patreon creator. Cheers from Mexico
Love it Jack - music hasn’t been super busy with me so doing a bit more video.
So much of what you post resonates - thanks for sharing
Hey Jack! I really needed this video today. I'm a 3D animator based in the UK trying (and struggling like so many) to get my way into the industry. This year has been soo fucking hard. Are stories like Glynn's that make me believe that I can achieve my dreams. Thanks. Take care.
thank you for your vid and his story. more stories like that need to be told. respect your work.
Enjoyed this one a lot, nice story, inspiring! For me there is a very real and concrete truth around starting small: a real desire to express myself and to share what I have to say/sing/show takes always ground in some real and close relationship. I even have to come back to this first truth after years of hoping to see something happen on the web with people I never met...
I absolutely loved this - thanks for sharing ☺️
A good video makes u feel like u been watching for an hour, when it actually was 12 mins
Thanks for this Jack. I echo others who have said this channel is inspirational. It captures and validates the angst and frustration of a new creator trying to 'make it' while giving hope that success is inevitable if consistent. I would love to see a video on musical artists who struggle to fit into any genre and stay there, or at least try and get established as an artist when they are a musical chameleon. That is my journey at the moment.
So inspiring. Exactly the kind of thing I need to hear at this time of my life, so, sincerely, thank you.
Love this story! Love your story telling ability Jack! I graduate college this year and you've inspired me to be a creator after I graduate. Thank you!
Woohoo! "Dig a little deeper, cause... it might just work out." Goosbumps. This is awesome.
Wow! This has a RadioLab feel. Very well produced! Love it - thank you for the effort put into your videos.
This is like, my favorite new series, jack! I feel so inspired!
Great convo, very engaging. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for this!
You've inspired me to start my journey as a creator after several years of thinking about it. You know what? It might just work. Thanks for all this, Jack.
great video Jack!!! spread the love
Hey Jack hope you're doing better...
It's funny (not haha funny, but the other kind) all throughout this, and after reading the Churchill quote you were feeling too- I couldn't help but think of a quote from The Newsroom, goes like this, "There's a difference between being tough and wanting to be. [...] I want to be."
Thanks for making videos, maybe one day your grit and tenacity and determination (and Glynn's) will rub off on me too...
Thank you for this, Jack. I really respect what you’re doing.
Snap us such a fresh program! Always inspiring to listen to, and crazy to hear the story behind it. Thanks for sharing this with us, Jack!
I think that this whole narrative of "drop everything else in your life and focus on art is stupid..." well at least not a way forward that works for everyone and every artist.
I want to work as a professional artist in the future, but right now that just isn't possible. The stress, the uncertainty of not having enough money for food or rent, and the procrastination, grinds my ability to work to almost zero. So instead I'm focusing on working jobs that gives me the energy to my creative side, like jobs where I work a lot outside and with my body.
The starving artist narrative kind of paints the only way to be an artist is to work at it full time and just hope that you can survive some how, but I think a better way for people that are depressed or easily stressed is to do it part time and slowly building a career that way. Just something I hope successful artists would keep in mind when they give advise.
I loved his story, Jack. I _really_ love hearing your stories and the stories of others. A lot of them really resonate with me, especially your video on failure....you've got my number, sir. Funny, though, when I think about how you defined failure (which totally had a monetary amount loosely attached to it), I saw so very much of your efforts as success. Your videos - especially your really off-the-wall-extremely-creative-and-inventive videos inspired me as a creator. And to see the thousands of subscribers and views you had left me thinking, "well that still looks like success to me."
The ancient philosophy of stoicism is really big on this idea that you can change your opinion about things, which helps define how you respond to situations. For the longest time, as a wannabe musician, composer and performer, I'd look at the views and subscribers Pomplamoose was getting in the late 2000s with envy - I could barely get 30 views and had viewed everything I'd ever done as a failure.
Enter stoicism and some shifting in my opinions and viewpoints, I think I feel a shift in perspective now for the first time in my life. Just this week I had a video premiere for a re-imagining of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon - probably my greatest musical accomplishment to-date. I maxed out at 18 viewers during the premiere, currently sit at only 160 views, and 60 subscribers. In most eyes, that could be construed as failure - and in the back of my mind I struggle to suppress the temptation to feel that way, too. But with effort, with mindfulness, and a change in how I view failure and success, I have chosen to see the intimate opportunity to share a creation of mine with a handful of friends and strangers as success. There were people who had the privilege of seeing and hearing something that was not in the world before, and now is.
You inspire me Jack. You really do. I think sometimes you need to give yourself more credit where credit is due. I could systematically go through most of your old Pomplamoose and Jack Conte Music videos and tell you why I felt every single one of those efforts was not a bomb or a miserable failure. Perspective can be quite empowering.
I love you Jack. Keep doing the great work, keep creating, and keep sharing. You inspire me to keep at it despite the odds.
Great stuff Jack & Glynn, thank you.
So dope! Love it man! Dig deeper
I'm loving the content you've been making recently on this channel, bubba.
I’ve had a creative burnout a while back. These videos are reason I started creating again. I made a whole thing that’s took days to figure out and then once it was done. I didn’t publish. I realised that sometimes to get your flow back you need to just doodle for no one to see!
what a powerful story thank you for this inspiration
I am teared up to the max right now.
Great story ... about to listen to Snap Judgement for the first time. Love your video and creative skills Jack. :)
Awesome inspiring video... not your usual super intense edited videos with lots of graphics etc. But it is Awesome indeed...multi-faceted
another awesome story good sir!
awsome video just what i needed a good feel good story
Congratulations Glynn Washington. Inspirational !
Eyyyy, what a lovey mini doc/ interview. :D
Jack, Great video on Glynn Washington.
Man I always enjoy a jack conte video. I recently hit a new milestone because of a video you made about how to sell your art without selling out. I changed my packaging. And I’ve made more progress then I thought possible. In the past 6 months I’ve more than tripled my subs, I’ve started a job editing for Markiplier’s fitness trainer, and I’m loving all of it. I’d love to talk with you and pick your brain one day. Maybe an interview in the future lol. Anyway.
Thank you for making art.
Jack! REALLY nice and so inspiring...looks like I'd better hop on the phone to my brother, Steve Blizin and get some inspiration over to him NOW. Steve's currently with Jon Grilz at Creeepy; he did his own Drift and Ramble on Patreon too. Sound man extraordinaire and multi-talented...you have put out there such a heartwarming story through Glynn's story. Truly moved by it, as well as your own personal story. Thanks for sharing. Gotta go, though - time to call Steve. Ok, byeeeeeeeeeeeee
Love this video and what you’re doing here. One suggestion...how about including a short clip from the show to add a little context. But, other than that, please, keep this going,
I sat on the line from just after midway in of, "I think this is what I need to do right now."
I have a good job, I have a wife and son, but I feel like I may need to do something else right now.
Be well, Jack.
That’s an awesome contest and an amazing price!
Incredible! He’s amazing!
Really great content!
Very cool … and inspirational!!! Got me thinkin’
Love your content jack.
I just found you Jack! (Well sort of...) I’ve been listening to your music for about a year or so now, then I found yours and Natalie’s wedding video, then a few episodes of your morning show, and now I just found out about your “extras” I had no idea you helped create Patreon! I love it. Your content is to the creative world what I think Simon Sinek is to the business world. Two quick comments, if you need another story check out Zack King real nice guy who would totally share in the kinds of stories you are telling. Other comment is wondering your thoughts on the life value of content and how to keep it the good stuff that your made previously available, and relevant, and even capable of being resurrected?
Hey Jack, great video! Can we get a link to the camera stabilization kit you're using? I'm a big fan of your "to camera" setup
Jack does not MISS with any of these videos
Damn it! ya made me tear up again.
It's interesting the way you opened this video with Snap Judgments and the vilifying rant. I thought this might be some insight into to the cancell culture that the patrion platform has been accused of embracing but I was met with what I can only describe as feeling like hypocrisy.
This long drawn out subjectively endearing story that begs a lifetime's worth of consideration for motives, life experiences, personal value, and place within community, all these things that instill the very programmed opinion you talk about with those relevant questions you have mentioned before, that demand from creators to identify their objectives in line with the those subjectively prescribed by platforms built on "engagement" the questions that hijack your own personal understandings and motives.
This is the kind of complex, indeapth, and long steaping subjective considerations that build supporting naratives and ultimately personal and cognitive biases in perception and interperitation through the "influence" of emotional conditioning with social story.
Ironically none of this consideration is given when so many jump to the kind of "Snap Judgment" that labels strangers or those who think differently with vilifying projections of group hate, or group priviledge in ignorance and prejudice to the individual.
It's so easy for meaning to be lost or confused, maybe if the video had not started with such an inflamitory statement, paralleling so deeply with the toxic and punitive experience others have had both on several other platforms for expression, it might not have been such a disappointing experience to see it unfold into a promotional video that stroking the ego of some podcast creator attempting to develope audience empathy through some rags to riches, overcoming the strughle backstory narative that feigns vulnerability, and virtue a of hard work.
It might be you oversell this with you passion, I just find the whole excessive empathy and amazement with the human side of the story to be completely disingenuous when the way that people are deplatformed with zero regard for anything more than superficial compliance with social naratives and a bullying group think that boarders on fascism.
I guess if I am allowing for open consideration to what I am sharing my question might be what is the point of "snap judgments".
I think a question that might offer clearer perspective on what I see in this landscape is this,
When you consider "What we know" or attempt to establish what "we all need to do" to begin in a place of honest consideration of our worth and how we serve others is, who is the "we" you frame in your thoughts.
Love this jack! Keep them coming 🙌🏼 how long does it take you to make one of these videos?
Lucas
"You're no Mel Torme"...love it.
This is a good one. Thanks Jack. I need to figure out how to get that first year of funding 😁
Nice! Great story (and maybe even a little buffer for some of us :D )
I've honestly never heard of "Snap Judgement". Doesn't play on my station. I'll be looking it up. Also, thanks for a great story, Jack!
Yo, that start just made me think that maybe I could use a synth pad as also a macro pad. Instead a numpad keyboard or something.
Similarly I guess a numpad might be able to be used in the same way.
In all fairness, Mel Torme is no Jack Conte. Glad you did your thing, man. The world’s a better place for your commitment to doing the good you know in your heart you want to do.
I really enjoyed the video.
Interesting... Thought provoking, inspiration of a reluctant visionary. One of the more inspirational types of human beings. You're becoming a habit, Jack. But do far it's been purely medicinal. And it seems to be working. Thanks. 😎🤙
Jack I’m new to this, probably too old to being doing RUclips (but love it), respect and admire your perspective on things. That said...I’d would love an honest critique so I too can improve and hopefully better tap into my creative energy.
Hey Jack, thanks for making this inspiring video!
one question I have is how do you find out what your "thing" is? I've had many hobbies, but none of them I get the feeling I should make it into a job. Is it a feeling you get that just happens? or a decision that you make? or do you hear your "calling"? I know I want to create, but there's many options to create. I feel I might be stuck on hobby jumping forever to find the right one. Thanks - AL
Thank you
Awesome story...
Thank you.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
This was powerful.