Every Monday when I post a new video it starts a conversation and the community
around the content that I'm posting is growing and I'm so thankful for every
one of you that I get to connect with on a weekly basis but I have a bit of a
confession to make I don't do this for you
I do this for
Zen And The Art Of Youtube
recently I've seen some pretty serious growth on my channel and
I've been getting to know so many more of you whether that be in the comments
section or over on Instagram if you guys are DMing me asking me questions those
kinds of things I've been really connecting with all of
you and one common question that's come up a bunch of times once people get to
know me a little bit better is why don't I make videos about what I do for a
living if you're relatively new to the channel I'll clarify that by playing
this short video that I made for my business
what's up people my name is Justin but pretty much everybody calls me Dunna and
I am a producer the head engineer and one of the owners here at Resonate Music
School An Studio I think it's really important that I understand what you're
seeing for the project what you're envisioning for the song so that I can
really take it to that place and hopefully even further I grew up
listening to all kinds of music and being a multi-instrumentalist I've also
picked up different styles so if you come in with an idea maybe it's just a
couple of lines a couple of lyrics or a melody or something we can really take
it in any direction that you want you come into the studio because you have an
idea what I want to do is apply my experience to that idea so that we can
make a production that you are excited and proud to present to the world I
can't wait to work on your music
so for the past 14 years one way or another I've been making music for a
living so when you hear people say the phrase music is my life that's literally
my reality so I totally understand when people ask me the question why don't I
make videos about music production and making music and songwriting and
beat-making and all those kinds of things that I do on a daily basis but
when you take something like music and you make it your everyday reality you
have to understand that you're attaching everything that comes along with reality
to it the good and the bad so what once was just something that I
did purely to be creative is now something that I have to take very
seriously and it changes things a little bit now a little disclaimer please don't
mistake this for me complaining about what I do for a living that is not in
any way the case I love my job I love what I do for a living let's just stop
that train right now when you're making a piece of art no matter what medium or
format you choose to do that in you find a sense of calm in the process of
creating thatt art there's definitely a sense of satisfaction and a rush when
people give you the affirmation that what you've done is good but the real
joy is to be found in the process in the journey not in the destination for
example the process of making the coffee and the process of sipping it and
enjoying it while it's happening is really what's enjoyable not having the
coffee in your stomach and having the caffeine rush through your body so it's
the journey not necessarily the destination for me in my teen years
that's what music got to be there were no deadlines no rent to pay no clients
it was just pure creativity in its simplest form I got to enjoy the process
without ever having to worry about actually coming to an end and since then
I get to definitely enjoy very deep breaths of that happening from time to
time but the whole thing is confined by very definite walls walls that give me a
paycheck and walls that allow me to do something really cool that when I finish
a song with someone they walk out with a huge
smile on their face so it's definitely fulfilling but it's also confining at
the same time at a certain point my creative mind started to reach out to
find something that I could do just because I wanted to not because I had to
not because there was a paycheck depending on it not because I had to pay
rent not because there was a client waiting for it just because I was
feeling creative and I wanted to get it done I wanted to feel mindful and
focused again I wanted to monotask instead of multitasking find one thing
that I could just drive all of my creativity into and as much as I needed
to use my creativity every day at work I felt like I needed something that I got
to choose to use my creativity instead of something where it was fully required
so I picked up a camera or more accurately I did hours and hours of
endless research days and days of searching for what the right camera for
me was going to be but the research is part of the fun for me I really enjoy
getting out there and finding out what the newest tech is and what's gonna be
the best fit for me and what's the best bang for my buck I was fascinated by
YouTube vloggers who could take what should be a boring old day and turn it
into something that was fun and entertaining and sometimes educational
on the flip side of that I needed to learn how to use the new camera that I
just bought so I started watching all the tutorial videos and the tech videos
and the camera basics videos and cinematography and all the things that I
was going to need to be able to create these stories that I wanted to and I
thought I can do that I can pass on all this information that I'm sponging in
from the internet and I'll throw my own fun spin on it
this was my Zen my moment of mindfulness my point of calm and engagement creating
these 10-minute pieces of art gave me energy and passion and like I said
before it's not posting the videos and getting all the likes and getting all
the comments and getting new subscribers and that kind of stuff that I mean
that feels good of course but it's the art of creating it's the art of actually
making the videos that really is what grounds me and what makes me feel good
about it it's the research the picking new camera gear trying it out learning
new techniques getting more comfortable on camera trying new things developing
my own style writing scripts lighting a scene editing it all together and
feeling proud of what I've created and here's the best part of it all I truly
believe that if you can focus more on the process and making sure that you're
enjoying the process and all the little pieces of the process leading up to what
the end goal is I actually think you're gonna make a better piece of art in the
end anyway so if you really enjoy all of those little things that I just talked
about I think you're gonna make a better video in the end and the funny thing
about my music career is that when I started to do YouTube the fire that
started from that actually seemed to relight the passion that I had for music too
all of a sudden I found my work more exciting and rewarding again all because
I found my Zen and the art of YouTube please share this video if you know
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Zen And The Art Of YouTube