Hey, folks! 👋
We're downing cups of coffee as we write this week's edition. So much has been happening around us that we're hoping to slow down and experience the little joys of life.
How have you been? Hit reply and tell us how you're spending your days — we'd love to know.
And on that note, let's go through the round-up of all that's brewing in the creator economy. ☕
In today's Going Solo 👇
- Advice of the week: AA Patawaran on getting started
- Discover a new creator: Middle 8 for stories on music
- News that caught our eye: The Creators Guild of America for digital creators
- Must-watch of the week: How to film yourself and look cinematic
AA Patawaran on Getting Started
Author, writer, and lifestyle editor AA Patawaran is someone with great advice on creative writing and inspiration. His book Write Here Write Now: Standing at Attention Before My Imaginary Style Dictator offers practical tips and stories from his experience as a writer and editor. What’s great is it could be a playbook for any creator out there.
One advice from the book is a key take-home for us. 👇
To grab great insights on writing, get the book here. 👇
https://www.amazon.com/Write-Here-Now-Attention-Imaginary-ebook/dp/B01BWMCU70/
Got a Thing for Music & Its Lesser-Known Stories? 🎶
Our love for music and stories behind good music led us to Middle 8.
And if we’re being honest, we can’t stop watching these videos. Run by a creator Frank Furtado, Middle 8 is a YouTube channel that brings great stories behind music, and why some albums were made. We love the graphics too. ✨
Middle 8 also runs a podcast where Frank interviews musicians. Watch one of the videos here.👇
Justine Ezarik Launches The Creators Guild of America for Digital Creators
YouTuber Justine Ezarik launches The Creators Guild of America to support and help digital video creators understand their rights.
If you go through their website, the mission is: to empower digital creators with resources, recognition, and community to maximize their creative and financial endeavors.
Some benefits of joining this guild is to learn about industry best practices, access resources, opportunities, and network with fellow creators to discover collaboration opportunities.
The eligibility criteria for joining this guild is you should either be an influencer or creator, a marketing individual, or a founder/producer. Check out more details here.
From the looks of it, this guild intends to solve more than just understanding the rights of a creators — it intends to create a circuit of services and features that help creators and makers join a community of likeminded individuals. The board itself consists of folks, such as Justine Ezarik (of course), Nick Rizzuto of Linktree, Wil Schroter of Startups.com, while it's sponsored by Adobe, Beacons, and Mosaic.
Tubefilter says, “These efforts are looking to succeed where previous attempts to organize digital media labor have failed. The most notable of those attempts was the Internet Creators Guild led by Hank Green. The ICG helped members negotiate contracts and fought to raise the price of their brand deals, but it shuttered in 2019 after running out of funding.”
What do you think about this guild?
Read more about it. 👇
How to Film Yourself and Look Cinematic by Life of Riza
Do you often wonder how creators (whether on YouTube or shorts) make such cinematic and slightly dramatic videos of themselves? All those POV videos or main character-energy videos are pure 💖, and Kariza Santos, who runs YouTube channel Life of Riza, tells us how to shoot these videos.
Watch her tutorial here. 👇
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