Let's have limits
Have you ever thought to yourself that right now you, as a young adult, has responsibilities? Has it ever crossed your mind that what you do has consequences? I have all these questions because I think there is something in the air that is a bit off and is affecting certain individuals - differently. Right now, there are two kinds of people; those who don't want to listen to instructions and those that think they are too cool for instructions - if that makes sense.
The people who don't want to listen to instructions think they have made it in life and make others' lives miserable. I am talking about certain artists and music video producers who think just because they have PhDs in directing from whatever college, they have nothing new to learn. Unfortunately for them, life is all about learning. To make it worse, technology is evolving and each and every day. The way something was done yesterday might be outdated the following day. So if the end-receiver, AKA a media employee, informs you that your work is not up to standard, do you know that they don't hate you or don't want you to succeed? They are simply doing their job and are also helping you to have quality work so at the end of the day, your music or videos can reach international standards to get airplay all over the world. So if you are taking your work to a radio station, ensure that it is either MP3 or MP4 with the bit rate being 320kbps. If you are taking your music video to a TV station especially NBC, ensure that your work is of high quality in terms of audio and the visuals are in MOV or MP4 format. If you are submitting your work to a newspaper, make sure that your artwork is in high resolution and your music is in MP3 or MP4 format so it can be listened to. Alternatively if you are not certain of what you should do, save yourselves time and money and ask for help instead. So my dear artists, let's work together and make the industry blossom.
Then we have those that think are too cool for instructions. I mean… what is giving school kids this carefree sprit to actually take a hubbly bubbly to school and smoke it in broad daylight? I don't want to judge but honestly do you think you are that untouchable and above everyone? It's probably these European and American music videos that have people doing the craziest things as if they were normal. Now look at us.
To end this off, let not try to be anything but ourselves. Do what you are expected to do whilst doing you.
June Shimuoshili
[email protected]
The people who don't want to listen to instructions think they have made it in life and make others' lives miserable. I am talking about certain artists and music video producers who think just because they have PhDs in directing from whatever college, they have nothing new to learn. Unfortunately for them, life is all about learning. To make it worse, technology is evolving and each and every day. The way something was done yesterday might be outdated the following day. So if the end-receiver, AKA a media employee, informs you that your work is not up to standard, do you know that they don't hate you or don't want you to succeed? They are simply doing their job and are also helping you to have quality work so at the end of the day, your music or videos can reach international standards to get airplay all over the world. So if you are taking your work to a radio station, ensure that it is either MP3 or MP4 with the bit rate being 320kbps. If you are taking your music video to a TV station especially NBC, ensure that your work is of high quality in terms of audio and the visuals are in MOV or MP4 format. If you are submitting your work to a newspaper, make sure that your artwork is in high resolution and your music is in MP3 or MP4 format so it can be listened to. Alternatively if you are not certain of what you should do, save yourselves time and money and ask for help instead. So my dear artists, let's work together and make the industry blossom.
Then we have those that think are too cool for instructions. I mean… what is giving school kids this carefree sprit to actually take a hubbly bubbly to school and smoke it in broad daylight? I don't want to judge but honestly do you think you are that untouchable and above everyone? It's probably these European and American music videos that have people doing the craziest things as if they were normal. Now look at us.
To end this off, let not try to be anything but ourselves. Do what you are expected to do whilst doing you.
June Shimuoshili
[email protected]
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