Rodnisms: Soup of the Day

Testing ping.fm broadcast messaging on all networks. Please stand by… This is only a test.

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:43:25 -0400

Testing ping.fm broadcast messaging on all networks. Please stand by… This is only a test.

testing ping.fm

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:25:38 -0400

testing ping.fm

I'm Back...! Again!!

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:31:10 -0400

Okay. First let me say how terribly sorry I am that I’ve not been reporting things faithfully. It’s tough sometimes juggling everything and I tripped I guess you might say…

So I’ve got my music channel on YouTube (http://youtube.com/onemanpiano) kicked off to a pretty good start and now I’m gonna be getting my blog channel (http://youtube.com/rodnisms) back in to high gear.

I’ve been preaching about twice a week and also planning to start several new ventures one of wich is a network for musicians on Ning. And also getting this blog back where it belongs functioning as an update aggregator for all to see my crazy antics.

Finally The plans for the Bible School/Yeshiva are still a go altough coming together slowly. More on that later. Basically just wanted to give you a quick update that I’m back and rolling…

Video

Wed, 28 May 2008 02:05:56 -0400

The New Improved Rodnisms

Mon, 26 May 2008 13:50:08 -0400

The New Improved Rodnisms

Pohoto by anomalous4 It’s been an increadible time here in...

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:50:39 -0400

Pohoto by anomalous4

It’s been an increadible time here in Texas reconnecting with friends and spending the holidays together right before I shoot off back home. I’m working hard to get all the paperwork done for sending off the Visa application tomorrow. This is the last thing I have left in my push back to India. And there is more on the way. Stay tuned…

To begin a journey...

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:36:34 -0400

It’s with mixed emotions that I count down these last few weeks to the begining of my journey back to India. So many things have to be dealt with. I’m not sure what I will or won’t get done before I leave. I am only filled with a sense of earnest that I must get back. Indeed. I have been away too long. I miss the other side of the world.

Even so, the time here has been good. I’ve navigated the career switch from web and media advisor to musician. Now it’s time to test my wing with my new career and find if I can really make enough to support myself. The wind-up has been long. I’ve invested several thousand dollars in the switch and severely depleated my savings. Some might say that I’m crazy but I knew that I needed to make the switch. Still I wonder if I can make enough through the internet to warant an income The stakes are high. I can’t really afford to fail. Never-the-less I march on.

I wonder too whether I can balance the load of a missionary with that of a professional musician. Time will tell. But I am waiting on pins and needles as that time fast approaches. I plan to travel much more than before when I get back to India. My goal is a week at home and a week out. It may end up two weeks at a time. I’m warry of it all. So many changes. IT does test one’s faith in the benevelence of the Most High. Still I know that He has me in His care and I should not worry so much as I do.

This time it’s not just a journey acrost the world. That I am familiar with. This time it’s a journey to the other side of my life. I will start on Mother’s Day and produce a line of home-spun music videos for the next six months. If I suceed I will continue. If I fail I will go back to web business. But I don’t want to go back…

Photographer: Axel-D Preparing for Shabbat is alway one of my...

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:32:30 -0400

Photographer: Axel-D

Preparing for Shabbat is alway one of my favorite times of the week. When the sun is just bearly peaking out from the horizon and we finish our work. It’s then that I realise how much time is in the hands of our Creator. He created heaven and earth so that we could enjoy it with Him for all eternity. Shabbat is a moment of longing for all Creation to find final rest in Him.

"So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has..."

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:32:13 -0400

“So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience.”

- Hebrews 4:9-11

Will I hit the deadline?

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:23:13 -0400

I’m trying desparately to get everything together to launch my music on online. I’ve been reading voraciously: Leagal issues, marketing strategy, character definition, viral marketing, Performance Rights Organizations, Tumblr, Twitter, Last.fm, MySpace, Facebook, OpenSocial, YouTube, Revver, Stikam, Blip.tv, Snocap, PumpAudio, Slide, Taxi, Just Plain Folk, Val’s Art Diary, Jonathan Coulton… It’s enough to drive most people insane!

How does one make a career from music using only the internet? It’s like any other internet business:

Provide something of value to everyone with which you you interact
Enable your fans/customers to communicate their passion about you
Build a monetization model from proven strategies
Open lines of communication and listen to suggestions
Stay on top of things and post consistently
Continually look for more distribution avenues
Wind it up and get out of the way…!

Okay. So it’s no an exhaustive list. But that’s the basic plan. I’ve watched it work over and over again and now it’s my turn. From this I’ll be able to support my missions activities without begging and still get to share my love of music with the world. Well, that’s my dream anyway… Stay tuned for more.

Photographer: Sea Frost Coming out of my shell… I guess...

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:14:00 -0400

Photographer: Sea Frost

Coming out of my shell…

I guess it’s been a few months of silense from me for most of you. I wonder if anyone is still reading my blog. Well, I’m coing out of my shell. Over the next month I’m going to be posting quite a few things of interest. I hope you enjoy and thank you for waiting for me to get my act together…

"So what if I’m a moron. At least I’m a nice moron…"

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:44:00 -0400

“So what if I’m a moron. At least I’m a nice moron…”

- Annonymous Moron

Yssy Brave singing Maybe this Time

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:36:24 -0400

Yssy Brave singing Maybe this Time