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 CoverTraditional music educationEarly electronic musicEarly Bitcoin investorSelling a trademark Being the black sheepGetting through depressionRejectionHaving a sleep disordertravel ! 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 Brandhttp://www.secrethandshake.us/  Resources Noted In This Episode Free google teachinghttps://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 creativeshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/ Email[email protected] Youtube Channel & Serieshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber For audio advice and more in depth music content from Davewww.crawlspaceaudio.com Dave’s Indie Band Broadwinghttps://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/tennessee