• barsquid@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 months ago

      This is visually beautiful but makes me long for a few days ago when the weekend was ahead of me.

  • unn@lemmy.ca
    13·
    3 months ago

    I used to write Wikipedia articles and blog posts about music if that counts.

  • Nath@aussie.zone
    9·
    3 months ago

    I populate Google Maps. Fill in business names, opening hours, take photos etc. At the start, I was vociferous about it, putting thousands of photos on there. These days, just about everything is there and I only correct stuff and add/remove businesses as they come and go. Oh, and food/menu photos.

    Some of my photos have tens of millions of views. Which means people have to see them many times I think. Otherwise every single Australian would have seen the most popular ones, which doesn’t make sense.

    I’m used to Google just trusting me and immediately doing what I say. But I really had to convince them that Toys R Us really were closing down. That one took three attempts. The more prominent a place, the higher the rank you need to do major edits to it.

    • geoma@lemmy.ml
      17·
      3 months ago

      I did the same of you. I reached a high level as a google guide, was invited to google map meetings and everything.

      And then I suddenly realized all my efforts were just helping this company get bigger and achieve more monopoly. The terms of use of google maps state that everything you add becomes property of google.

      And then I Found OpenStreetMap.org a lovely community in which you really are building a community effort in which there is no company monopolizing and all data is open. Sadly, you can’t import all the work you’ve done on google maps, because now it is copyright protected by Google. So we have to start again, but it is worth it.

      OSM is the future if we are to hope for a fair future in online maps.

      • Nath@aussie.zone
        7·
        3 months ago

        I’ve contributed plenty to OSM, but not so much as a creative thing. I rarely upload photos to it. The question was about creative things we do.

        While I agree my contributions help Google, I don’t do it for them. I do it for the community. And frankly, they’re mostly using Google maps.

        • Zoot@reddthat.com
          5·
          3 months ago

          They’re only using Google maps because volunteers like you keep it up to date. Slack on Google and only help out OSM, an eventually the people will come.

          • geoma@lemmy.ml
            5·
            3 months ago

            I agree. You are helping in the short term, but in the long term, you are not. In the long term, you are empowering a monopoly that steals their freedom.

    • Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Do you make Gameboy music though? I used to really be into LSDJ. I know nothing about programming actual games though

      • SleepyWheel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        I made a track for my game, yeah, but using UGEtracker which is built into GB Studio. It’s not the easiest to use tbh so it wasn’t that fun.

        LSDJ sounds very cool, have you checked out the DirtyWave M8? I ran the cheap version (Anbernic console with a dongle) but I couldn’t get over the learning curve. Now I have a Polyend Tracker Mini which I really like

        BTW I’m not really a programmer either, GB Studio simplifies things a lot and it’s free if you want to check it out

        • Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          I haven’t kept up with anything chiptune related in prob 10 years or so, so no I am not too familar with any new tools for the GB. I did enjoy making music on it though. It fun to work creatively when there are a bunch of limitations!

  • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
    8·
    3 months ago

    I play music at home, sometimes recording it. I have zero interest in monetizing it. The most I’d like to do is collaborate and make music with others.

    I also ran a YouTube channel for a few years. Made about twenty cents from that.

    • neidu2@feddit.nl
      7·
      3 months ago

      Apart from the YouTube stuff, I’m similar. Writing, arranging, recording, mixing, etc. Simply because I enjoy it.

      It’s been a while, though. First came kids and other life-related things to take up most of my time. Plus I migrated to linux fully (as opposed to dual booting) in 2014 or thereabouts. But I recently found a DAW that I like, which also works great on linux, so as soon as I find a decent drum and piano synth I’m back in (not doing) business.

        • neidu2@feddit.nl
          3·
          3 months ago

          There are built in ones, but I want something realistic sounding to go with my (real) guitars and bass.

          EDIT: Not sure why you deleted your response, as you made some valid comments, so I’ll just write my response here: Free synths are usually OKish if used properly. But I’m not looking for OKish, I need something that sounds as good as the real thing, and for that I am willing to pay.

          Last time around I used pirated stuff. Cakewalk Sonar (although I didn’t like the newer versions), Drumkit From Hell, and misc Edirol stuff mostly focusing on piano and orchestra. After really enjoying a trial version of Bitwig, I’ve decided to go for the full version as the foundation, so now I just need to find modern equivalents to the rest so I can buy them.

          • ianovic69@feddit.ukEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            Most modern DAWs will have plenty of realistic sounds, it’s getting them to play realistically that’s difficult.

            Edit: forgot you use Linux.

  • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    Occasionally make movie posters for YouTube videos I download, primarily using low-tech means like cropping, layering, etc.

    Mainly because I don’t know how to do the more advanced stuff, but I find it kind of fun though to try to do similar levels of quality with lower-tech tools. Kind of like coding challenges but with Paint.NET. Lol. (BTW, that’s not a link. Lol.)

  • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
    7·
    3 months ago

    I cook for the family. It’s not the cooking that’s creativity for me, most of the time, it’s the menu planning that is the hardest to think through.

    • Today@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 months ago

      Omg! I complain about this all the time! Deciding what to make is by fast the hardest part!

  • pH3ra@lemmy.ml
    7·
    3 months ago

    On Sunday mornings I fix bicycles at the local community center for free, we just charge the price of materials.
    For me is like Zen meditation, it makes my mind focus on one simple task in these crazy times where our attention span is all over the place. And it’s good for our community since most of the people that come there are broke college students, families having a hard time and in general people who want to spend time together. Our group is always growing, I’m expecially proud of two kids, children of immigrants, who came to learn from us two years ago and now managed to save enough money to open their own bike repair shop.

  • ianovic69@feddit.ukEnglish
    6·
    3 months ago

    I try to make electronic music, mostly with a laptop but I also have some equipment. It’s really just to scratch my engineering itch.

    Photography. I mostly use my phone but I have a proper camera which is for my very specific use case.

    I’ve been doing both of these most of my life, my father gave me my first camera around 10yo and I got into electronic music at about the same age.

    My son is using my old camera a lot now, and he’s making music on his PC. Which is very pleasing to me.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
      6·
      3 months ago

      My brother is really into making electronic music too. Last Christmas, he said he really wanted a Stylophone. I got him one, but first had him open a gag gift that was a child’s toy Xylophone and was like “I heard you really wanted one of these”

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      3 months ago

      Sigh, I wish I could get paid for it. I absolutely love building a compelling story, but I’m far too nervous with strangers.

  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    3 months ago

    I make instrumental music. I write, record, produce, and upload everything myself; but barely earn anything from it. 50k+ streams and I think I’ve only earned $170 so far.

    • Today@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 months ago

      I just had a lacto-fermented sauce recently. The guy at the shop tried to explain it to me but i didn’t really get it. He just said they put stuff in a bag, wait awhile, and then turn it over. Would you like to share what it is and how it’s made?