My career to this point, over about 25 years, has been building and maintaining compute infrastructure for large corporate entities,
such as a ubiquitious coffee company, a national bank, a major software company, and a couple of enterprise datacenter systems manufacturers.
I'm tired of corporate America, and however brilliant I might be (not very) as a systems engineer, the things that I build and maintain bring me no joy.
I have sometimes fantasized about pursuing my songwriting as a career, but the boundaries to entry have always seemed too high, and the risks too great to
dedicate the effort to it. Now, however, I realize that the even greater risk is that I leave this world without giving any of my gift. My greatest
pleasure in life has always been sharing music, sometimes songs of my own creation, and sometimes the works of other people. Getting to hear the truth
from other artists, and share the truth from my own heart is my reason to be.
I will be releasing a weekly vlog wherein I play a song, and talk about whatever is on my mind. I will also be working on recording and releasing
albums of my own writing, which will be available for free download here on rustvine.com. I am available to play concerts in the Seattle area (currently),
and anywhere within a reasonable drive.
If you appreciate my music, and want to help me create more of it in the world, please donate to my Patreon or SubscribeStar. If you would like to send
a little quick support, you can paypal me at Paypal.me/JacobGreenleaf. Lastly, if you know anyone who
would appreciate what you hear here, please share this with them.
As a matter of principle, I do not use many big-tech platforms (FB, Twitter, Instagram), but there are a few places where you can find me.
I use youtube as primary video storage and access. It's here that I publish my weekly song videos.
Gab is the only social media platform that I use regularly. I respond quickly to messages on gab.
Patreon is the only platform with its reach which enables subscription-type service for individual creators. I use it begrudgingly.
This is my bitchute channel. It should be set up to automatically replicate what is on youtube.
This is my gab TV channel. I post political/philosophical thoughts up here, and the occasional song.
For those of you who reject using Patreon for reasons of censorship, I also use Subscribestar.
I'd love to hear from you, you can shoot me an email at jacob.greenleaf@gmail.com