Thank You! (Patreon)

Greetings friends and Happy Thanksgiving!

It's early on Thanksgiving morning. My family is still asleep. I feel overwhelmed with gratitude that I am able to make a living creating. Thank you for being a part of my musical world.

Every day, I struggle to make real change. Not just in my own life. But in the lives of the people who hear my podcasts and listen to my music. Your generous support empowers me.

Instead of trying to figure out the next piece of merch to sell on Black Friday. I ignore that holiday altogether and think on how to move our society forward.

I can encourage you to support a Mass Blackout. This is where you buy nothing from big corporations for the next week. Instead, we all support local businesses and independent entrepreneurs.

The goal, of course, is to tell the big corporations that we are not just a product. We are real people. We don't need another billionaire to manipulate and distort our economy and our lives.

On my podcasts, I talk about what we can do to fight back against climate change. I share tips in Pub Songs & Stories about what I'm doing. We are not powerless.

Your support also helped me to design Album Pins to solve a problem for indie musicians. CD sales are poor. Instead, musicians can sell album pins to share and wear the music they love as well. And the latest version even works great as stocking stuffers. LOL

But every day, when I'm not plugging away to create new music or podcasts, I also spend my time trying to determine how I can make real change.

Nerdy Wonderland is on Sunday, December 7 in Avondale Estates, GA. But I'm thinking a lot about how I can turn it into a non-profit event with a goal to serve the nerdy community, to help Nerdy artists to make a living with their creations. I'm still brainstorming what to do here.

But here's where the idea originated and where my mind is going. I was thinking about the rising cost of groceries.

What if there were a non-profit grocery store? (Do you know of any?) The goal isn't to make a profit. It's to help local producers get their food to a market.

Right now, the poor in our country are struggling more than ever as billionaires continue to exploit us all. Could we, as a community, come together through generosity and kindness and kill those exploitative businesses?

And if so, how could Nerdy Wonderland be reformed to do the same for small independent artists and creators trying to make a living with their art?

There are so many ideas that run through my head daily. I will try and continue this and other discussions in our chat.

What kind of ideas are running through your head?

What change would you like to see?

Thank you for your continued support.

Maybe some of this is just nonsense. Maybe it could change the world. What I do know is that I am grateful for you being a part of this change.

Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!