August 2023 – facelessbookblog

Hey all! I got some exciting news pertaining to my solo music project, VIRUS! The project is definitely moving into a new era, and as a result, I want to see exactly how far it can go, and what kind of cool stuff can come of it. Before we get into the meat of it, I want to thank you all for checking out the latest song, Devastate! I’ll be honest, I did not expect it to get the attention it did, let alone surpass Barely Functioning, but I’m glad you all liked it!

So what am I going on about? Well, I recognized the importance of expanding my outreach, especially when it comes to the VIRUS project. However long it lasts, wherever it goes, it’s an important project to me because music production is where I want to go with my professional career. And being that the music industry is very competitive and (let’s face it) not easy to find a job in, making yourself known is just as critical as a good resume. I decided it’s time to finally stop avoiding the inevitable… so I set up some social media accounts.

I’m not a big fan of social media, mostly because I hardly have a personal need for it. I don’t take a lot of pictures, so Instagram was kind of pointless, and whenever I have an opinion on something, I’m so used to expressing it here that it never really crossed my mind to start a riot on Twitter, or X, or 3.141592653589793 or whatever it’s called now.

Yet here we are today, and I have accounts on both platforms now. I’ll be using these platforms to promote music and give updates on the VIRUS project from here on out. Hopefully, that will kind of draw a better line between my endeavors, because I do want to keep this website and VIRUS separate. This won’t be a place for you to get some kind of look into my personal life, because quite honestly, the color of my cat or what I ate for breakfast isn’t any of your concern. I also don’t have a cat, and I don’t even remember what I ate for breakfast.

I did also make a Tiktok account, but I’ll refrain from linking that for now, because I’m debating whether it’s of any use to me. I might be wrong about this, but it does look like the government’s trying to ban it in America, so I might use that account solely for my own meme consumption until it’s no longer allowed. One thing’s for sure, there will be no VIRUS-branded challenges involving sitting on railroad tracks or stealing cars, or whatever people do on that platform for views.

I do have one more platform that I’m trying to sort out, and it’s one I’ve been considering for a while, so I’m really excited that it’s finally happening. Ladies and gentlemen, we finally have an official VIRUS Youtube channel, the new home for music content. I’ll still post to Bandlab and Soundcloud, but with Soundcloud having a limit on how much you can post without a premium account (which I refuse to pay for), and Bandlab honestly being better for production than presence, this seemed like the right way to go. I am thinking about Spotify next, but there’s a bit of financial stuff I’d have to work out, as well as finding a distributor.

The content on the Instagram and Musktopia pages will, again, pretty much be limited to just promotion and links to music, but I have a lot of ideas for the Youtube channel. I’m in the process of remastering a song to kick things off over there, and with the element of video, the door is open for something like a music video. The visuals have always been a big part of VIRUS, and I think the Youtube channel will really help embellish that.

It might be cool to do music reviews on that channel too, or maybe vlog-style content where I document going to concerts. There’s a lot of possibilities now, and that’s super exciting.

That last idea actually brings me to another plan of mine. I’d like to start getting involved in the local music scene in Orlando. That’s were I’m from… ish. Again, y’all don’t need to know where I am. For all you know, I could be in your backyard right now. Go ahead, check.

No? Alright, well always good to make sure. That’s my home security tip for the day. As I was saying, I think it would help to get involved with local musicians, so content across all platforms may come to consist, of concert reviews and promoting other people’s music. You might end up seeing more content on this website like my recent Soulswitch review.

Though I’m not exactly fond of social media and what it can do to people’s heads, I think an implementation of it is essential for the growth of VIRUS… the spread, if you will. So I am really excited about all of these changes, and the opening of new doors is only furthering my motivation to keep writing and making consistently better music for you all. At the end of the day, I make music not only for my own expression, but I make it directly for my audience, because you all are the reason I’ve kept on doing what I’ve been doing online for this long. VIRUS has been going for two and a half years now, and we’re coming up on the ninth anniversary of Facelessbookblog. I think now’s a good time to spice things up a little.

I want to thank you all for your continued support for what I do. I don’t think I say that enough. I know content’s been a little slow recently, but it’s because of life changes, as well as planning for stuff like these expansions, so I appreciate the patience. I’ve really been enjoying my time with this little online community, and I think it’s about to get a little bigger. We’ve got a lot to look forward to, and I hope you’re as excited as I am! I’ll link all of the platforms I mentioned in this post, and as always, I’ll see you all very soon!

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCydzw4-pw3HrYsYIpWy4HJA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virus_musicofficial/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/VirusmusicOffcl