Look, if you can actually track down a club that’s willing to take a chance on you—and more importantly, one that’s actually gonna put in the work to develop you... then why the hell not? Go for it. I know a ton of people who started out exactly where you are, just grinding away, and now they’re, I don't know, making decent moves in the pros. At the end of the day, it all comes down to your own drive—but let's be real, you also need to find someone who actually gives a damn about helping you get there!
Alright, here’s a few more tracks I think you might dig... Apollo 440 - time is Running out Eminem - Mosh Kraftwerk - Zombination Members of MayDay - 10 in 1 Prodigy - Mindfields (this one is absolute gold) Pharrell Williams ft. Gwen Stefani - Can i have IT like that Terror Squad feat Fat Joe & Remy - Lean Back
Honestly, Benny Benassi has some killer stuff too—just go grab a few tracks and give them a spin...
Look, you’ve got a massive library to sift through, so it's gonna take some serious digging to find the gems—you know how it is. Take the Need for Speed soundtracks, for example; they’re basically built for pure adrenaline... I'll drop a list of the heavy hitters here so you can dive in and see what sticks with you... Overseer - doomsday The crystal method - born too slow Rancid - out of control rob zombie - two lane blacktop BT - kimosabe ..... and honestly, there's way more than that, but I'm feeling too lazy to copy-paste the whole damn thing... Just hunt them down somewhere online...
Look, I’m not out here double-posting or whatever—I honestly have zero clue when I would’ve even done that... So, I was chatting with someone the other day and they mentioned there's this new software floating around that lets you build entire websites using nothing but pixels...
velvetfox16 said:Are you doing this for the money or just because you love it?
Purely for the hell of it, man... honestly. I’m trying to see how much I can actually pull off using Flash—you know, throwing in some slick animations and extra plugins... It's just that I still need to actually master the damn thing first. It's way more of a headache than people let on...
I gotta tell ya, I’m way less obsessed with those pixels than I used to be... It’s more like a side hustle now. My real goal is to just get as many sites live as possible—trying to build myself up into some kind of big-shot webmaster. It’s actually pretty addicting, and I’ve already got two new sites in the works. Once they're finally out in the wild, I'll hit you guys up so you can tear them apart for me. 🙂
Can I throw a quick question out there? I’m clearly way out of my depth here, but what the hell is a SIG exactly? Like, you guys mentioned I should drop those pages over there...
velvetfox16 said:Wait, who exactly are we talking about here?
Between finishing high school, dealing with sports championships, and getting my head straight for college... if one more thing gets thrown into my lap right now, I’m honestly gonna lose it.😢
Look, I’m telling you, we could probably give it a shot, but my schedule is absolutely slammed until July—or whenever those university enrollment deadlines hit... I’ve gotta get this one major life goal sorted out first before I can even think about looking at anything else... And until then? Man, I've got more work piling up than a stack of unpaid bills in a recession... 😲
Jacob Wood9 said:Give me a break... you're getting old with all this pixel talk. Here’s my brilliant idea: go ahead and launch five different websites dedicated to pixels—you'll be swimming in cash in no time.😛
Seriously though... thanks for the tip, genius. You're a real peach... 🙂
velvetfox16 said:Alright, let me get your take on this—how realistic is this actually? So, look, we’ve got maybe five to ten of us here, all looking for different ways to monetize our own sites, but trying to fly solo is just... it's brutal. If we could pull together even just five people, split the overhead, and launch a formal LLC, everyone would just chip in their share for maintenance and Uncle Sam's cut. It'd be way easier than grinding out every single bill alone... What do you guys think? Could something like this actually take flight?
It’s worth a shot, I guess, but the real kicker is what you’d actually get out of it—and more importantly, how much skin in the game people are actually willing to put up. Like, most people are heading off to college or busy with life, and once things get intense, they won't have the bandwidth to stay consistent. You'd have to grind like crazy at the start just to get the engine running before you can even think about coasting. Plus, you haven't really specified what kind of business model you're dreaming up here. It could end up being a total bust like anything else, but then again, nothing's a failure until it dies—as long as the idea actually improves service or makes things more accessible, maybe it could actually gain some traction... I truly hope so.👍
Look, you’re totally right—the whole idea was just to get the site live and populated, you know? We didn't overthink it too much before diving headfirst into the deep end... and now we're basically trying to fix the plane while we're flying it. That's probably what's happening here. The deal kind of fell through, and honestly, I don't want to go blabbing about the specifics until everything is actually finalized... You'll see. Plus, when we wrote this up, we were looking at a five-year horizon for the site to really hit its stride...
velvetfox16 said:I am 100% on board with what goldenmarlin70 is laying down here.
Honestly, same here... I’ve been chewing on this for a while now—just mulling it over, you know? You can expect an official call on this within the next two weeks, maybe a month at most if things get messy...
Look, I know you don't mess around when it comes to this kind of stuff... which is exactly why I'm getting it all squared away by the end of the week... 👍
Look, I’ll be the first to admit—I haven't exactly been on top of my game with the prep work here... But when it comes to payments, I’m definitely sending invoices directly to the customers... And yeah, I know, I need to get the authors listed on the site... That part is still a work in progress... Plus, between school and everything else, I'm still just a high school kid, so I haven't really had the bandwidth to get all that "up there" yet.
Honestly, I have no clue who these guys even are... Actually, maybe I do—I’ve given so much unsolicited advice on this board over the years that maybe one of them just decided to swing by and show some support... Not like I was out there recruiting anyone or anything... 😕
placidranger... Seriously, what is actually wrong with you?! All you ever do is take shots at people. What kind of person does that? 👎 Look, man, I’m just out here trying to make a living... I never sat you down and told you that you *had* to buy anything. Like, seriously... if you aren't feeling the vibe, then don't. It's not that deep. Besides, it's not even your business—it's not like you own this site or something. So just, I don't know, chill out and relax.
I'm not gonna stoop to your level and start throwing insults back at you... honestly, I have no clue what I even did to YOU to make you act this way.👎
Thanks for all the pointers, seriously... Look, I’ll be the first to admit I’m a total amateur at this whole thing, so any scrap of info you guys toss my way is gold to me... I’ve finally wrapped my head around the basic play: you gotta flood the place with traffic first, then use those numbers to actually get the attention of the big players—think Fortune 500 type stuff. And honestly? Having a solid connection over at a major outlet like CNN or maybe even a tech blog would be a massive game-changer to get some actual eyes on this idea. My plan is basically to get my buddies to jump in and buy what we're selling first, just to show there's real traction—then maybe the rest of the world follows suit. At least, that's the dream, anyway... 😁