IT'S JULY REQUEST TIME!!! (and other important updates) (Patreon)

Yes, we do have a few more June requests leftover that will be released in the next few days but it's time to let me know what we're reacting to in July! As always if your tier allows please DM me here or on discord your requests accordingly. 

Last month I put out a patreon poll to see what band you'd like me to REVIEW an album of and Foo Fighters won. So, next week I will release a review of their album 'Medicine At Midnight' which I had not heard until listening to it for the review. 

TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT...

I need to see some pretty substantial growth over the next few months to continue the Patreon and YouTube as you know it today into 2023 and beyond. In July and maybe August (and maybe even longer if it goes well lol) I'm going to be trying different strategies, release schedules and video types to see if I can rejuvenate existing audiences and interest new audiences. I've said from the very beginning of the channel that I love MUSIC, MOVIES and GAMES. So I'm going to try and commit to that honestly and consistently to see what happens.

In case anyone forgot (or wasn't aware haha), I am a single parent and my son is on summer vacation so the work hours have been extremely limited and strained this month and will be for about another 6 weeks. I'm doing my best to schedule everything ahead of time without sacrificing the night time streams that I have really come to enjoy as a way to interact with all of you and to decompress as I do not have many hobbies. I parent. I record videos lol. But if worse comes to worse I will use a couple late evenings as extra recording days.

MUSIC

Reactions will continue on Patreon as you know them at the existing tiers ad free. Aside from a few videos I have already edited for YouTube I likely will NOT focus on releasing reactions on YouTube, so Patreon is the best bet to always see any reactions I record music related. On YouTube, instead, I'm planning on trying out REVIEWS where I review full length albums and share my favorite reactions that are over on the patreon. I'm also considering a PATREON EXCLUSIVE music club where I revisit classic albums and have patrons email me their thoughts on them. Scheduling will determine if I can do both we will try at least one music club album to see how everyone likes it and if it should be a permanent thing. The music to my ear podcast that I recorded a few episodes of earlier this year will likely be folded into the music review videos so that podcast feed will have music reviews I post on YouTube to see how people respond to them. My goal is 10-15 minute videos straight and to the point, not the 60-90 minute podcast commitments I have attempted in the past. 

MOVIES

I am going to resume watching and reviewing movies/tv shows in July! Again, this will be remodeled to fit a 10-15 minute video on YouTube and that audio will be released to the podcast feed. If I build up an audience interest in my film/tv talk I will look at expanding it again in the future. Similar to the music club idea I would LOVE a classic film club patreon exclusive show where we watch classics or my favorite movies and discuss them on a separate podcast/video but we need to see how scheduling goes for now. As some are aware I wrote and directed a short film earlier this year. Once it has completed the film festival circuit if I am able to release it it will release on Patreon first for those interested. 

GAMES

Games. Games games games. What HAVEN'T I tried to create interest there lol. For those who don't know I started my Twitch channel 6 years ago and almost 3 years ago tried to stream Super Mario Maker regularly. I was quasi successful but found that I didn't have an interest in limiting myself to playing only one game 10 hours a day 6 days a week so I switched to variety streaming. This last year I also started streaming with patrons. Several of the high tier patrons that make dozens if not hundreds of reactions possible join me during those live streams to play games and talk pop culture, you should consider joining us if you haven't yet! (Twitch.tv/SuperJersh haha). 

Anyway, I created a separate gaming channel on YouTube but even with short bursts of success and algorithm love, including some videos with several thousand views, it doesn't seem to be finding traction. So, once and for all, I'm going to try and release gaming videos on my main SuperJersh channel (as you may have noticed already lol). Sometimes it will be multiplayer fun with patrons, sometimes single player narrative games, sometimes retro games. But I have to try releasing them again because I just quite frankly spend too much time streaming and love it too much to not try and produce content with it. 

Ideally I will release 1-2 videos on YouTube a week from each column (Music Review, Movie Review, Game Video). Reactions will continue to occur almost daily right here on patreon depending on the request amounts for each month. 

Also if you don't follow me on Twitter and Instagram @SuperJersh yet, why not??!!

Historically, even in my private life, I haven't been very vocal about my thoughts and feelings on political topics. There are maybe 1-2 exceptions over the last 3 years to this mindset, but I've tried to just vote my conscience privately and focus on entertaining publicly. While the primary focus is still absolutely on having fun with music, movies and games, I'm going to try and do my best to share my opinions on serious topics for those who may want to know what type of person they are supporting and where I stand on certain things. I don't want my silence to be confused for complicity. I also want to keep an open mind and allow myself to be the best version of myself that I can be, hopefully to help shape the world to be its best for my son to grow up in. I'm always open to constructive criticism and feedback, I'm not perfect by a long shot lol. 

Anyway, happy 4th if you're in the states and happen to celebrate, hopefully recent events will be a wake up call for folks to help shape the world to be better for everyone in the future as well. 

Last but not least, thank YOU if you're here on this patreon. Thank YOU if you read this entire verbose post and thank YOU for joining me on this crazy online entertainment ride haha. Couldn't have made it this far without you and won't make it any further without you either, looking forward to July!! :)