#introduceyourself

Hi! I'm Sam. I found Steemit when someone made a comic about one of my songs, now I'm intrigued!

Grand Commander@grandcommander (46)2561d

How did I find Steemit? Interesting story...

I'm Sam, I live in Dallas, Texas. I write and record music under the name Grand Commander. I've had a small bit of success with my song "I Hope You Die in a Fire". Occasionally I do a Google search to see if anyone has mentioned the song. Last night I found a wonderful super awesome post by @suesa-random. She drew a comic that illustrates the lyrics to the song, and completely captured the vibe! My jaw hit the floor when I saw it.

Naturally I wanted to reply and voice how much I appreciate the artwork, and express how heartwarming it feels to find artwork inspired by a song I've written. Cool, time to sign up for this new social network I've never heard of so I can leave a reply and then...

What the f?! Cryptocurrency?! Blockchain?

I thought I would sign up 1-2-3, post a comment, be on my way. However, I quickly learned Steemit is completely different than anything I've come across. Some new kind of economic/blog ecosystem where creators and curators can get paid for posting valuable content? Being so new, it's all hard to grasp. Blockchain, cryptocurrency, these are things I knew existed but never really paid attention to... until now. That being said...I'm into it.

So, I figure the best way to learn is to make a post and hopefully interact with real people. I left a reply on @suesa-random's artwork post, I'm making this hello Steemit world post, and we'll see what happens from there.

sam steemit smaller 1.jpg

Passions/interests/what I can offer to the community

Music! - I play bass and guitar and sing, I'm fluent in music theory, and I love to teach and discuss all aspects of music. Main styles are funk/rock/prog/metal, recent years been getting more into indie/singer songwriter stuff, some electronic, some hip hop. Favorite artists... MANOWAR, Parliament Funkadelic, Yes, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Busta Rhymes, Tom Waits, Laura Marling. Currently listening to The Knife/Fever Ray.
Recording - I write/engineer/record/mix all Grand Commander songs in my home studio. I'm passionate about recording, analog gear, acoustic environments for microphone use (hello podcasters!), DAWs, plugins.
Super Nintendo Synthesizer - I turned a SNES controller into a synth using a Teensy 3.5 for Grand Commander shows. Now that it works, I'm taking steps to turn it into a product. Learning Javascript and React in hopes of making a cross platform app to create user accounts, control the controller, and share and save presets. Very early in this programming journey.
NES - I still have my OG NES from 1987, I love old NES games, I play Contra/Tetris/Dr Mario at expert levels, and loooove talking about old NES games.

To wrap it up...

Sometimes FB and IG feel... I don't know... disembodied. There is so much noise, it can be hard to cut through it all and have meaningful interactions. Steemit feels like it could be different. First step is understanding what the hell it all means, but really really the first step is just meeting some people here and having some conversations. Looking forward to meeting all of you!

Comments · 36

@gooddream(84)· 2555d
a SNES synthesizer - how cool is that?

I feel you as far as the difficulty of understanding all the crypto and what not and how even though i think they are making a mistake, most of the general public is not really down with that (they haven't got the FOMO yet)

but for the average user, i think that once you get past the part about the really long keys required for access (that was tough for me to wrap my head around at first too) it's not like someone has to be involved in crypto to be involved with Steemit.... later, when they have accumulated some wealth, maybe learn about it then.

Anyway, top-quality post and a fantastic story that lead you to be a member of our community! Welome
@innerblocks(62)· 2557d
Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
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@thekittygirl(74)· 2557d
Welcome to the platform! I found your post through @jamerussell who shared a link in the @steemterminal. Hope you enjoy blogging here and sharing your music while earning a little crypto, too! Here are some SHADE tokens (another crypto) for you, which you can check on the https://steem-engine.com interface!

!SHADE 5
@thedolphincocoon(46)· 2557d
You have received an upvote, courtesy of @jamerussell via Steem Terminal!
@suesa(73)· 2558d
I really did NOT expect you to find that comic, and I certainly didn't think you'd sign up for Steem just to leave a comment!

I'm very happy to see you here and hope that you'll find a great community here on Steem.

As you're making music, I can recommend DSound, which is an interface to the Steem blockchain that looks a bit like SoundCloud.

If you need help with anything, either find me in the #general channel on steem.chat, or message me on Discord (Suesa#4095).

Good to have you here :)
@shaidon(71)· 2558d
Welcome to Steemit! (Although, most of us who have been here a while just refer to it as Steem).

It can be difficult to make real connections here too, largely becuase people only really focus on their particular interest groups.

But if you dig around you will find different ways of expressing yourself here; dsound.audio for music and podcasts, dtube for video uploads, etc.

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@knowhow92(79)· 2558d
Welcome to STEEM @grandcommander! You are gonna love it here. I know there are many things that seem unfamiliar to you here but trust me, you're gonna learn everything about Steem platform so fast. So many intresting things happening everyday, so many ways to earn and so many new people joining! Wish you the best on your Steem journey.

P.S We have a skate community here called @steemskate and I would love to collab with you. I can film some skate tricks and with your permission I could use your music in my skate edit!
@prettynicevideo(72)· 2558d
I LOVE MANOWAR! WOW! I DON'T HEAR THAT TOO OFTEN! Hi I'm Francesca @prettynicevideo . I Love that Story metal. That's what I call It. Not quite Maiden but just as powerful in different areas. My fave songs would have to be the sappier ones. Brothers of metal, Spirit Horse of the Cherokee, Master of the Wind, Power of thy Sword. Such an under rated band I think. Their song evoke feeling, nostalgia. You're almost transported to the story. They have harder albums; some where they even sound a little like kiss I think But way cool.
Probably my favorite. especially where it opens up and the drums come in. LOVE THIS SONG! lolololol.
@pipoune(69)· 2558d
Hi Sam!! Welcome on Steemit and nice to meet you! :D

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@evanstinger(60)· 2558d
Hey, Sam! Welcome to Steem, mate! You made a good decision to give this platform a try! And I believe it must be feels good to find others enjoying and even inspired by your art! Here in Steem, lots of us shared meaningful and personal things. We are waiting for your posts! Steem On!
@jamerussell(63)· 2558d
Welcome to the Steemit community @grandcommander! We sincerely hope you find everything you are looking for and have found a new home here.

Seven suggestions to consider:
1. Guard your passwords carefully, and only publish with the posting key,
2. Use your active key only for wallet transactions, keychain and steemconnect,
3. The master password is only used to reset compromised passwords,
4. DO NOT lose your passwords; copy and store offline,
5. Do not publish other people's work, be it photos or written, without credit,
6. An introduceyourself tag is used only once, and
7. When you open your steemit.com, in the upper right corner of the page there are 3 bars. Click on those, and then on the "welcome", and you will get a lot of reading material that will help you.
I found you because @xcountytravelers and @brittandjosie from @heyhaveyamet presented and promoted your publication to get more exposure and help you grow faster.

If you find yourself overwhelmed and need some guidance, or if you have any questions, there are informed Steemians available who can help you; you can click to go to the Steem Terminal in Discord here:

Have fun and happy Steeming!
@brittandjosie(76)· 2559d
Hello Sam You are one of many who are already here. USA is big on Steemit ! This is not an automated answer its ME and so welcome to Steemit. You are a Steemian now! And your first blog is online. Better late than never, and I'm sure one day we will say those were the very early days of Steemit, so congrats! Whats essential here is regular posting off good quality blogs. So start writing ! Tell us about your life, passion, animals or your work. That Will attract possible followers. Do be carefull with your passwords, they are yours and yours only. Maybe read my blog https://steemit.com/community/@brittandjosie/4-o-clocky-steem-keys-key-to-your-succes-so-secure-them Look up the free Steemify app in the Appstore or read this blog https://steemit.com/busy/@exyle/using-steemify-to-stay-up-to-date-about-the-blockchain-like-project-destiny-please-consider-blockbrothers-for-your-witness-vote Thats helpfull too. Next to Steemify I use Appics and Partiko to post.

You can also visit our discord server The Steem Terminal is your one-stop location for learning about destinations on the Steem Blockchain & Discord. Here you will find people who are willing to answer the questions you may have as a new Steemian, documents to assist you, a place to learn and practice, and find out about the many opportunities to connect with other Steemians! Or the account @heyhaveyamet ( a coop with @xcountytravelers ) Where we highlight newcomers. And almost all the staff is from USA hihi

Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead! Let me know if you have questions,

Love from the Netherlands Britt
@ryivhnn(73)· 2559d
Welcome on board! Now that's a great discovery story XD

As you've probably noticed by now there's also multiple front-ends of which steemit is only the first (there's also Partiko and eSteem if you want mobile, SteemPeak and busy if you want nicer catchall and things like palnet and creativecoin if you want more specific interest stuff, just to add a bit more confusion to chaos ;D

There will be people around to ask for help if you're curious or stuck :)
@ma1neevent(67)· 2559d
Greetings, and Welcome to the Steem Community @grandcommander! I also love old retro video games!

I would love to feature your new introduction post in my weekly curation blog if you don't mind! You can find it on my @Ma1neEvent Profile.

You can also check out the @MinnowSupport Project (MSP) / PAL community on Discord Chat where you can interact, chat, network, and learn with other members of the Steem / PAL Community! There is even a Steem based radio station there with shows and music created by Steemians, @MSP-Waves! Hop in the @MinnowSupport Pond on Discord and say hello sometime if you'd like!
@arcange(79)· 2560d
Congratulations @grandcommander! Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade for newcomers in the following category:
- Comments - Ranked 1 with 43 comments
I also upvoted your post to increase its reward If you like my work to promote newcomers and give them more visibility on the Steem blockchain, consider to vote for my witness!
@trufflepig(64)· 2560d
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I upvoted your contribution because to my mind your post is at least 2 SBD worth and should receive 176 votes. It's now up to the lovely Steemit community to make this come true.

I am TrufflePig, an Artificial Intelligence Bot that helps minnows and content curators using Machine Learning. If you are curious how I select content, you can find an explanation here!

Have a nice day and sincerely yours, TrufflePig
@minismallholding(75)· 2560d
What a way to find Steem! Love it!! I see Freebornangel has already mentioned tribes. I think there are a few you'll fit in with. As a music creator creativecoin.xyz (just use the #creativecoin tag) should be a good fit as well. I don't want to throw too much info at you at once, but I'll leave it here for when you're ready.

I hope you enjoy it here and stick around. We have a hardfork coming up in a few more days, so don't be too surprised when it goes offline for a day (or more, depending how smoothly it goes). It's very different here to the usual social media and can take a bit of getting used to. We're all still feeling our way and the developers still trying to figure out the best ways forward. Patience is sometimes needed. ;D

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@kapengbarako(55)· 2560d
Hi, welcome to SteemIt. Good luck on your Steem journey and I wish you the best. I've been here since 2016 but it was only last June when I fully committed to take Steem seriously. Please feel free to read my STEEMJOURNEY.

Here are also some tools that I use and I hope you can find them useful too:
1. Use Partiko App from your mobile phone to post to your blog, comment, and upvote content in SteemIt to earn points which you can use to boost your own content.
2. If you’re into games, you may wanna try playing Steem Monsters, a blockchain game based on Steem. It lets you compete with other players around the world with creature cards which you can sell and/or convert to crypto.
3. Get rewarded for staying fit and healthy with ActiFit - a Steem-based app which rewards you with tokens (which you can eventually use to boost your content) for being physically active. If you're already using Fitbit or a similar app, then you'll find this easy to use.
4. Invest your Steem Power at Smart Steem and get daily rewards and earn more Steem.
5. Earn rewards by sharing links to interesting webpages through DLike and earn Dlike tokens
6. Exchange votes with other users with SteemEngine.Net
7. Steempeak and eSteem both offer an intuitive way of using Steem, enhancing your user experience.
8. Earn free STEEM through The Crypto Faucet and Earn Crypto by completing tasks and watching videos
Cheers Neil
@freebirdkhushboo(59)· 2560d
Welcome to steemit! It's really a good platform for the enthusiast writers and for the people who want to share their good work with the world! ;)
@joeyarnoldvn(68)· 2560d
I love Nintendo. Welcome.
@aekraj(63)· 2560d
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@anhvu(55)· 2560d
Hello @grandcommander It is great that you are here, a people who have been here in a long time, I am glad to be Welcome to Steemit & Wish you luck - success with Steemit! If you are looking for ways to get more rewards with your Steemit account. You can find the way that suits you in this post. I hope good things happen to you.

Best regards

Please ignore this reply if you do not need the above.

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@isaria(78)· 2560d
Also, most Steemians hang out in Discord. Here's a couple links if you want to join. https://discord.gg/YWm5STr https://discord.gg/a75Cfak https://discord.gg/9Umf3UY
@isaria(78)· 2560d
"I Hope You Die in a Fire" is one of my favorite silly phrases....glad you made a song with that name! Welcome!
@torico(63)· 2560d
Hi Sam! Please consider using the following tags on your posts:

#palnet - a great intro discord server with its own stable token. (home to mspwaves, a live talk and music "radio" station with several shows a day) #creativecoin - for all of your creative posts! #sonicgroove - for original songs and musical stuff #tunes - for anything musical

CC information * creative coin server invite * sonic groove * palnet/mspw server invite
@steemitqa(64)· 2560d
Welcome to our great community!
@freebornangel(72)· 2560d
Welcome aboard. Steem can be a tough crowd, I hope you power up and hang out long enough to get recognized.

Steempeak is a better frontend than steemit, imo. It has many features not available on the other front ends. Be sure to check out the tribes, that technobabble will go well in stemgeeks.
@skramatters(67)· 2560d
It's a steep learning curve I'm going to go search for your song.. Good luck here

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@newageinv(74)· 2560d
You are just getting started as there are a number of users and communities here that would definitely make you feel at home! Check out Creative Coin as well as SteemAce. There are plenty of these that you will enjoy engaging with and finding your home at. Enjoy!

Welcome to Steem! You have taken the first step in achieving many goals here at the crossroads of cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and social media. Consistent engagement is needed to progress and grow your following and influence. I am currently working on a weekly post to curate new users and providing them an introduction to the ecosystem. I have selected your post as one I will feature in an upcoming post! In addition, I have published a post that provides great references to assist you in your journey. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or feedback!
@thales7(65)· 2560d
Welcome on Steemit.

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@steemitboard(66)· 2560d

Congratulations @grandcommander! You have completed the following achievement on the Steem blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

	You made your First Vote
	You made your First Comment
	You published your First Post
	You got a First Vote
	You received more than 10 upvotes. Your next target is to reach 50 upvotes.
	You got a First Reply

_{You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking} _{If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word STOP}

Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!

@novacadian(65)· 2560d
Welcome to the STEEM Bloclchain, @grandcommander! You may find the weekly Open Mic contest of interest. ✌😎
@partiko(66)· 2560d
Welcome to Steem grandcommander! Partiko is officially the fastest and most popular mobile app for Steem. Unlike other Steem apps, we take 0% cut of your earnings! You can also be rewarded with Partiko Points while using Partiko and exchange Partiko Points for upvotes!

Partiko for Android can be downloaded here on Google Play and the iOS version is available here on the App Store.

If you have more questions, feel free to join our Discord channel and ask @crypto.talk, we're always here to help!

Thank you so much for your interest!
@esteemapp(76)· 2561d
Welcome grandcommander!
eSteem is the application that improves your experience on Steem. You have full control over your data and content, unlike some apps we don't use our users to promote our application or services.

We have Mobile application for Android and iOS users. We also have developed Surfer Desktop application that helps you to gain new followers and stay connected with your friends, unique features - notifications, bookmarks, favorites, drafts, and more.
We reward our users with encouragement upvotes as well as monthly giveaways rewarding Spotlight top users and active Discord users.
Learn more: https://esteem.app
Join our discord: https://discord.gg/8eHupPq
@anonyvoter(58)· 2561d
Hi and welcome here! When I started on steemit, my biggest problem was to find interesting people to interact with. So, to help newcomers getting started I created a directory with other interesting and or talented steemians to follow or interact with. Feel free to check it out at https://www.steemiandir.com I am sure it will help you find like-minded people. Enjoy your stay here and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!
@tuanis(59)· 2561d
Welcome to steemit @grandcommander.
- Join @minnowsupport project for more help
- Checkout @helpie for daily trivias and useful information
- Join @qurator a good quality support project
- Checkout @steembasicincome
- Help us save the forest with @treeplanter
Welcome the new steemians. Have a great day!