Whenever I’ve had a spare moment lately, I’ve been problem solving about my upcoming album release (next week!).
This problem solving has included creating a Spotify Canvas for my song “I Left the House Before I Felt Ready.”
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Here is how Spotify describes a Canvas:
(One problem I would like to solve is the overuse of the term “immersive experience.”)
For days, I’ve been struggling solving problems while trying to create an eight-second loop that allegedly quadruples engagement for songs on Spotify.
ChatGPT, while solving problems about this, has also sent me down many rabbit holes about how to create a Canvas. Originally I tried to animate the background in this image, provided to me by my friend Janet.
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I spent days solving problems of getting that to work, all to no avail.
After watching a few videos about artists creating a Canvas for a song, I decided to just loop a video I already had. I found one of the cats running down the stairs toward the door and decided to use that. After solving problems and creating an 8-second loop in the right aspect ratio, I showed this to my husband Michael.
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Michael thought it could be better, so decided to solve the Canvas problem by creating a new video of Joan leaving the house.
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I believe a continuous loop of that will be solving the problem of a good-enough Spotify canvas for “I Left the House Before I Felt Ready.” Actually, Joan is always ready to leave the house, but her acting in that video is solving the problem.
Do you see problem solving in my other images for today?
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I wonder if I’ll get a break from problem solving on National Relaxation Day.
Thanks to all who help me with problem solving, including YOU!
And you don’t have to pay Joan royalties, Ann. Maybe just an extra cat treat!
That solves that problem, Mark!
Yay for the singing therapist! Congrats on having your album put on spotify! That is way cool!
You are way cool, Carol Anne!
congrats on this huge accomplishment!
Thank you, beth!
Lots of good responses here, many of which reflect me as well. I’ll share one example. My second husband and I were having an argument/fight about something he did I didn’t like (I guess) while we were driving home. I was tired of arguing, but didn’t want to give in. So I came up with this solution: I’ll tell you what I want you to do and you say okay, you’ll do it, but then you don’t have to do it. Okay? He agreed. So I told him that when we got home, he was going to go lie face down in the snow for five minutes before we got into the house, and he said okay. So when we got home. we just went into the house and made supper and continued our little lives. Problem solved.
Nie moj cyrk; nie moje malpy. (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
I try my best to keep my own circus under wraps. This keeps conflict to a minimum.
In the occasion I find myself in embroiled in some conflict, I ask myself some questions:
If the answer is Yes to 1 or 3, look out. I am on a search and destroy mission with total annihilation as the goal.
I really appreciate the way you problem-solve, Stan!
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