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Time flies.

It’s been probably more than 1 year that I’m able to sit calmly in front of the writing desk, reflecting my life choices based on artistic impulse. A few thoughts I’d like to share today are the milestones after my graduation of master programs, moving back to Taiwan and landing on the current job in the 3D industries.

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COVID is the mother of thesis

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COVID crushed many people’s plans, including mine. However, I was actually grateful to have such punch in 2020 when there’s the cherry blossom and we were forced to lockdown in Vienna. Being unable to work outside of course made life tougher, but it’s also the very crucial time for me to build up the whole universe of my thesis structure, pushing me to think outside of the ‘geography box’.

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Mentorship in Vienna

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I met my mentor, Tamon Fujimi (藤見田門), the Director of Creative Development APAC at the MassiveMusic Tokyo office in 2020. Through a few special meetups and project practices, it undoubtedly broadened my horizons on advertisement with music/audio design and more importantly, the industrial mindset to position myself, especially in a global scale.

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With such mentality and belief, I became much braver to initiate several video calls with industry professionals when I moved to Amsterdam, another city which was also under severe lockdown in 2021. Simon M. Eder, the managing director of PENTATONE and the co-founder of Primephonic, was the first one who kindly replied my request and generous shared his insights on streaming service of music industries, including Netherlands, New York and the growing Asian markets.

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Embarking on Netherlands

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Beyond Tamon and Simon, there’re many people we never met in the reality but are willing to help for advices, connections or sharing their own experiences, including Sixième Son (Paris), VICE Media (Amsterdam), Square Enix (London), Tencent Games (Hague) and Spotify APAC (Taiwan/Singapore).

Heartedly appreciated for all the genuine response and your visionary sharing, I felt much prepared for diving to the creative industries with my treasure maps made of collective wisdom 😊

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If COVID hadn’t forced people to cancel or postpone every art/cultural events at that time, I might not have received those feedback positively, in such encouraging manner. With crisis comes opportunity.

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As time goes by in 2022, I’d like to send my best wishes to Simon for his new appointment at Intermusica in London after Primephoinc acquired by Apple Music last summer. I firmly believe that your ambitions and vision can be well implemented in this greater stage.