E154:   Today we break through creative, business, media theory, and high technology all in one place. We interview J Mark or stage name Djinnman who speaks through a history of high education in music composition, technology, and philosophy as well early crypto investing, alternative money ways to make money on your journey, and writing techno. We speak through J Mark’s life leading him to early retirement in the Philippines continuing to work on what he loves and believes in. Music, video, business, technology, philosophy, let’s go!   In This Episode We Cover Traditional music education Early electronic music Early Bitcoin investor Selling a trademark  Being the black sheep Getting through depression Rejection Having a sleep disorder travel !   Quotes   “You trade marked an artist made and sold it, invested it into Damian Chazelle early senior project work and took return from that to invest in Bitcoin early, and now you're retired.” - Host Dave Swillum   “You will be rejected, when you get rejected, get better and come back. “ - J Mark    “Once you get three different things down and spend 10,000 hours you will be able to see between the similarities and move on to your fourth thing. People say you can only be an expert in one thing and that’s wrong. Being a human being you need to be more than one thing. Human’s are more than just an income stream so you’re not just one thing.” - J Mark   J Mark’s Links   J Mark’s Papers & Writings:  https://github.com/jmarkinman/betaprime   https://academia.edu/resource/work/19985425   https://medium.com/@jmarkinman/on-weak-substrate-independence-97de71ee2ac1   https://medium.com/@jmarkinman/on-a-zero-knowledge-truth-communication-network-protocol-f5d2235969e2   J Mark’s Music    https://music.apple.com/us/album/who-unleashed-the-virus/1501303804?i=1501303959   https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-had-chains/1542512350?i=1542512354   https://djinnman.com/story.html   J Mark’s Motion Picture Brand http://www.secrethandshake.us/     Resources Noted In This Episode   Free google teaching https://grow.google/certificates/?utm_source=gDigital&utm_medium=paidha&utm_campaign=sem-bk-gen-phr-glp-br&utm_term=google%20learning&gclid=CjwKCAjwuYWSBhByEiwAKd_n_moLfniPfA5jlKwwNwS0pALzbyZyS0cXbUROh3dWWOmFbfbR-MMylxoC4VwQAvD_BwE#?modal_active=none   MIT open courses   Schoenberg Composer   Friedrich Kittler: Media Theorist  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Kittler   Damian Chazelle: American Film Director      Waking Up From Work Podcast Links    IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me! @davewakeup   Merch To Support Us! https://wakeup.itemorder.com/sale?fbclid=IwAR30nyVXdpFaax0mN0CRcC_mVjNzafbMo0spds82eoG-GMo01HG6Uq0dvzw   Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you) https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork   Facebook Community to connect to creatives https://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/   Email wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com   Youtube Channel & Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber   For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave www.crawlspaceaudio.com   Dave’s Indie Band Broadwing https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/tennessee