Jim Kroft
@jimkroft
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🎵 Musician releasing 12 songs in 12 months. 🎬 Behind-the-scenes of the music industry. 🚀 Chronicling my creative comeback. Active on YouTube. #creatives40+
Berlin
Joined April 2009
My dear friends, I've been abroad from X recently, but sending out an ahoi if you'd like to drop into the new video premiere tonight! Big love ya'll! Jim (link below!)
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Creative work has two sides: 1) Creating 2) Promoting We pour energy into creating, but we're drained by the time we need to promote. I counter this with: ✅ A weekly checklist ✅ Scheduling in advance That’s how I stay consistent.
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All year, I worked on building my creative system. A year of Beta Testing Wins: 1) Top 8% for consistency w/ Newsletter 2) 1500 Subscribers 3) Podcast often in Apple Podcast Charts 4) Top Guests 5) + 10K followers To work on 1) YouTube 2) Simplification 3) Replicable system
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Sometimes the subtlest alterations bring the most significant shifts.
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🎥 DIY video shoot update! I've been working away on the video for this months song - "Please Let Me Know" is released on Monday. This is 100% filmed & edited solo and explores Mahalla—a converted AEG factory in Berlin that famously inspired Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Late
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NO ONE’S COMING TO HELP—AND THAT’S POWERFUL Rebuilding is tough. The odds aren’t great. But waiting won’t change that. Growth happens in risk, action, and showing up anyway. If you’ve been waiting for permission—this is it. Whatever’s in your way—it’s time to face it.
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"Budget constraints can be a blessing in disguise. They force you to be more creative and resourceful." Robert Rodriguez
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We have to become our own messenger. In a world drowning in noise, great work alone isn’t enough—you have to help it find its audience.
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We’ve all been through Zero Hour—a space of uncertainty and doubt. But I want to reframe it: it’s unbelievably fertile. This is your starting point. Zero Hour often leads to your best work—the moment artists later see as pivotal. Cherish this chapter in your autobiography.
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