Tag: Jentri Chancey
It’s Easy to Love the Developed, but It’s Better to Develop Because You Love
by Ari Koinuma on Feb.05, 2010, under Ari's Diary, Development Diary, Lessons of Life, Musicianship, Our Best Version, Self Sufficient Musician, The Joy of Being on the Way, Thoughtful Web
Today is a day to celebrate. We finally launched the film web site I’ve been working on for the last 6 month.
Ladies and gentlemen, drum roll please…. LostInSunshine.com!
It’s a brainchild of the writer/director Jentri Chancey and producer Lorie Marsh. And kudos also go to the web designer Shad Chancey, who did the graphic design for the site.
I am very grateful to be involved in this project for many reasons. I think what the filmmakers are trying to do with this web site is very forward-thinking — I mean, grassroots DIY thing has been done among bloggers, authors and musicians. Filmmakers have done it, too — but most of the cases so far have been unintentional successes. They didn’t set out to market and sell their films that way. But with LIS, they are totally going at it on their own, with the intention to create an online community around the film by using net-based tools.
I learned a ton from this project myself — I would never been motivated enough to really sit down and master Drupal (content management system) if I didn’t have to, but now that I’m neck deep into it, I’m amazed by Drupal’s sheer power and flexibility.
Launching a web site is always a proud moment, but I’m particularly proud of this one.
All that being said — I was thinking tonight about how proud I feel of my latest web creation, but I also imagined how I’d feel if I was releasing a new CD, and if it was selling…..
I’d be way up on cloud nine then.
You see, I love making web sites, and I love the fact that I am in demand, my peers respect me and I get paid handsomely for it. It’s hard not to like something you’re good at.
But it’s even better, if you become good at something you love.
That’s the ideal, that’s what we should all aspire to do. You make yourself learn and grow, because you love it.
And that’s what I want to do. I’m not yet as developed as a musician as I am a web developer. But I still am more musician than web developer.
And that’s OK. I’m making what I love grow, too. It’s just taking a bit longer, because it’s bigger.
