1 Year Since I Joined Synthesizer Skool 🎉 (Thank you)

Owen Sheasby

Jan '23 in Other

'Membership

You've been a Member of Synthesizer School since 01/19/2022.'

It's a bit late. I've been meaning to make this post for 10 days now.

This community truly has been a blessing.

I think the biggest thing it has helped with is actually realising that there are people similar to me and networking with them. (Similar but also different in many ways. The one thing that unites all of us is that we realise it is possible to improve our lives and the lives of those around us and we are constantly working towards that).

Before, I knew that these people existed but I kind of just thought they were out there somewhere and I would maybe find some of them when I was older. I almost didn't really think they were real. So I just thought I would have to push through all the negativity and complacency around me. Me and my brother against the world (he is still young though so it was going to be me alone for a few years until he grew up more). Lone wolf ting. (So synthesiser skool helped break that belief. I have also had my views broadened and challenged by many of you. I realised that I had been craving these stimulating conversations; bored with listening to people complain about the weather and the negative things they recently watched on the news.)

Then I saw an email or community post from Andrew (couldn't find the community post so probably an email). Something along the lines of make a video about why you want to/ are playing the great online game. some people will get accepted to a community/ will get taught by Andrew or something.

I was hyped. I quickly made a video.

Weeks/ months later still no response. Oh well, I thought.

Then a bit later another email. "Why do you want to be a synthesiser?"

Ok. Take 2. Another chance. Made another video. Wasn't expecting much as I didn't hear anything back from the first one. I honestly think I may have forgotten about the second video.

Then one day opened my emails and there was the beautiful interface created by those 1s and 0s: someone (don't think it was Andrew) invited you to join synthesiser skool. (I think the email had been sitting around in there for a little while lol).

I honestly don't really remember what happened at the beginning. I had a little look around, but it wasn't really a habit. That was back in the days when I preferred apps I think. I had a worse computer and mostly used my phone so the friction was higher. I dropped off of using skool for a̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶l̶e̶ months (picture 2). I think I forgot about it for a bit. I am very glad I came back.

Since joining I have made some great friends, met up with some IRL and there are now talks of a synthesizer hustle house!

Here are some of my favourite moments. (Add to this the JaMia partnership, the chess tournament, the Brighton meetup and discomfort december. I am also very proud of this meme)

Big thanks to so many of you. [If you always see me around and aren't on this list it's probably because you are quite new or we haven't talked face to face. come to the accountability calls or DM Me ;). Looking at you

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The ones that come to mind are

@Corey Bennett Boardman

and most of all the big man

@Andrew Kirby

for making all this possible. Deeply grateful. I hope I have been able to help some of you out at least a fraction of how much you have helped me. Onwards

(P.S. I have spammed/ added a lot of hyperlinks in this. I feel like Andrew)

(P.P.S. I feel like I've tagged half the skool. Hope you guys don't mind the notification)

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