Balancing Business and Creativity - My To-Do List

Balancing Business and Creativity - My To-Do List - Can I Finish It This Week?

On my to-do list vlog, I share how I balance my pop culture online business, music production, and video creation—all from my home studio. It's a blend of passion, tech, and trying to find the time.

Balancing Business and Creativity: Running an online reselling business while promoting music and video projects I start each week with a to-do list that keeps me on track, ensuring I pack and ship orders, list new items, and plan my creative endeavors.

Reviving My YouTube Series: One of my favorite projects is my YouTube series, where I showcase my vintage items before they ship out. I'm thinking of reviving this series again.

Collaborating with Remixers: My band, Lorenzo's Music, recently released a remix album featuring artists from around the globe. I've been working on coordinating interviews with remixers who worked on the album with me.

Live Streaming /Variety Shows: Every week, my band hosts a live stream from our studio, blending music, conversation, and a touch of those old variety TV shows. We work on new songs and simply have fun doing it.

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Behind the Scenes: My Pre-Release Tech Checklist For Distributing My Band's Remix Album

A high-level overview of my process for uploading and promoting my remix album In this vlog, I share a little peek behind the scenes of a project I've been working on for a while. I create and release music with my band Lorenzo's Music , and right now, I'm deep in the process of preparing for the release of a brand new remix album!

Artwork for the original Candy Land game by Milton Bradley from 1955.

I have a vintage Candy Land game from 1955 by Milton Bradley and I was about to sell it so I thought I would add it to my personal art history course concept I've been doing . I'm going to try and see if I can find out how this game was created, designed and why? Here is what I found out about this game https://candy-land.fandom.com/wiki/Candy_Land_Wiki Candy Land is a board game about children exploring a world made out of candy and other sweets that originally came out in 1949. In every version of the game, there are a group of children that go through Candy Land. In the earliest versions of the game, it was a realistically drawn boy and girl. Drawing of the Candy Land kids I did on my phone ☝ https://board-games-galore.fandom.com/wiki/Candy_Land The game was designed in 1948 by Eleanor Abbott , while she was recovering from polio in San Diego, California. It's rumored that Eleanor also did the original artwork but I didn't find anything that...

To Do: Multitasking My Business, Music, and Comics

Sometimes balancing my multiple projects can often feel like an overwhelming task. I sit and think out loud about the tasks I need to juggle this week from my vintage reselling business, my band, and my webcomic series. In this video vlog, I begin the week by prioritizing tasks and setting goals. I'm going to mark them as I go along. ✅ = Done ⏲ = Still waiting Vintage reselling business - The Pop Culture Roadshow With a vintage reselling business to run, the first order of business is to pack orders from weekend sales on platforms like eBay and Mercari. As I pack these items I need to record a 'What Sold' video for my Pop Culture roadshow YouTube channel , turning the task into video content. ✅ Pack orders ✅ List new items I got from estate sales (See my latest eBay store listings here ) ⛔ Create a new "What sold" video for my YouTube page (Recorded not edited - Laptop upgrade issues) Band - Lorenzo's Music I've also got a new song out this month so I nee...

How I use one Gmail address for multiple Soundcloud accounts

Do you know the Gmail "+" trick to use one email for multiple accounts on one service? Here's a little trick I use that works for any service. I talked about this on the podcast episode I did with artist Mortimur K . In this case, let's say I used up all the uploads I have for my free Soundcloud account . With this trick, I can open a new free account and use the same Gmail address. I don't want to create another Gmail account to sign up again. Using my one Gmail address for multiple accounts on the same service I don't remember when I learned this but you can alter the name on a Gmail address. Like, let's say mine is "tom@gmail.com". To be clear that is not my email. I wish it was, but this is just a short example. Start with the original Gmail address Add a "+" after the email name Where it says "tom" on the address I can put a "+" after that. Add a "+" after the email name After that "+" I ca...

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