Greetings from the United States, my name is Bert! I'm a music producer (BlauDisS), multi-instrumentalist, and gamer (bertimismaximus). I'm very new to the crypto world - I started really learning about crypto around a month ago when I put some money into BTC/ETH and started mining ETH. I was skeptical about the crypto world, but it seemed like it was getting bigger so I should probably learn about it. As I delved past the big crypto currencies, into concepts such as web3, decentralization, crypto gaming, etc. my interest increased.
I set up my accounts and started playing Splinterlands. I grew up playing Magic the Gathering, and I really liked autochess games and other trading card games (Hearthstone, etc.). The game immediately clicked with me. I was also very fascinated at all of the ways they allow you to interact with card NFTs (trading, renting, ranking up with collection power). I was playing the game so much that my HIVE Resource Credits ran out! I was struggling to understand everything that was going on, and was like "Oh my, another crypto currency I need to learn about???" But the Splinterlands and HIVE communities were REALLY incredible in helping me learn everything.
I started exploring HIVE and found my favorite thing in the world MUSIC! I've been playing sax since I was a kid, and have learned guitar and other instruments since. Around 6 years ago I began producing my own music under the alias BlauDisS. I felt like I really found my calling with music. I've been releasing music for years on the standard platforms (Spotify, Youtube, Soundcloud...). But I really don't like promoting my music. It's really dominated by large record labels, spammers, bots, and paid advertising. I've found it really difficult to have genuine connections with other musicians on these platforms. I dream of someday being able to support myself and my growing family (I'm going to be a father in a couple months!) with music alone. That day seems far away - but I'm trying to keep learning and improving every day and every time I create or play!
I found Hive Open Mic and was really happy to see musicians posting and supporting each other! Not just spamming! Then I saw that they were posting on a decentralized video platform, 3speak. All of this was so cool for me - that I picked up my sax and played a track for the Open Mic that same day. Almost immediately, I got really positive feedback and help from 
I want to be a part of building these communities, sharing music, and making friends. If you want to check out my other music content (tracks, music videos, mixes, playlists), here's a link https://fanlink.to/blaudiss
But I hope to be making a lot of new and unique music pieces specific to this environment, outside of the big music corporations and machines! I plan on being active in the music and Splinterlands communities.
I loaded up some HIVE powerups so I can actually respond to people's posts now! Say hi and share your music with me if you'd like!
