Jack Conte Quotes

Jack Conte

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 12, 1984

One lesson I learned with Pomplamoose is that there will always be haters. Part of achieving some level of success is learning to tune out the rage.

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I couldn't possibly be any more open or public about my role as CEO at Patreon.

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At the end of almost every video in my YouTube catalog since Patreon's launch, I talk about my work at the company.

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Having the opportunity to play music as a career is a dream come true.

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Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business.

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We, the creative class, are finding ways to make a living making music, drawing webcomics, writing articles, coding games, recording podcasts. Most people don't know our names or faces. We are not on magazine covers at the grocery store. We are not rich, and we are not famous.

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Releasing two, fully produced music videos per month is way more than a full time job.

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People like my videos, some of which can cost me thousands to make. So I just ask, 'How about giving me $1 to help me make my next one?'

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The philosophy behind Patreon is that all the great art we have known has been made because of patronage.

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I usually spend my weekends working on my music and videos.

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I think it was iTunes that first proved that people would spend money to get things they really wanted.

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Artists don't have to starve any more.

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I guess I kind of don't like how there's such a pedestal for music culture and especially for band culture. It just feels fake; it feels like smoke and mirrors. And I feel like music doesn't have to be like that. It can be something that's very normal and very accessible.

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We get to make the music that we love.

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We want to make a living doing what we like to do.

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We do love playing live.

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When I was 6 my dad taught me the blues scale, and I started writing songs and improvising.

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I loved the 'Sister Act 2' soundtrack.

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I really like incorporating noise music into pop.

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Kid A' is my favorite record.

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