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Less Piano Arrangements - Would You Cancel?

  • I support your work in general and wouldn't cancel my pledge; 29
  • I might consider lowering my pledge if new piano arrangements were less frequent; 3
  • I'm here mainly for the piano arrangements and would cancel my pledge if they became less frequent 3
  • 2023-11-29
  • 35 votes
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TLDR: voting time - would you consider canceling your pledge if the release of piano arrangements slowed down?

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Hi lovely Patrons,

Currently working on releasing another batch of non-Zelda piano stuff on streaming, including the  Jazz arrangements I did last year, as Pieces of Heart II! It's a meaty one, including Skyward Sword, Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess tracks.

Last week I released the 3D Zelda OST ranking video to YouTube, and it's been a success...! Subscribers and new people both really enjoyed it, and it points the way to a promising future. And that's why I'm polling you today.

Piano arrangements of game music, and Zelda music in particular, is a niche within a niche, and I feel like I've hit the ceiling of the format on YouTube - and the ceiling is lowering. So I'd like to take the channel into another direction for a while. What this means: I want to do more Game Music Video Essays - about 2D Zelda, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, etc. - in a similar format as the 3D Zelda OSTs one.

At the same time I'll be continuing work on Celtic material for on streaming.

My question to you is: to what extent does your support depend on regular piano arrangements? Would you consider canceling your pledge? I've tried releasing at least one piano arrangement per month for the last years, often exceeding that, but would like to loosen that a bit and take on the long-form format. Instead of PDFs and MIDIs I'll be uploading other rewards more regularly, like original compositions, Celtic WIPs, early access to videos etc..

Would love to know your opinion!

Thanks so much for your feedback and support! <3

Love,

Tim

Comments

Jeff

I joined for the piano arrangements and feel like I’ve spent much more than the cost of the sheet music to help support your transition from music teacher to arranger and now YouTube entertainer. Do what you love and what will help pay the bills! I’m interested in hearing more original compositions, although I wasn’t interested enough last time to want sheet music for it or to purchase an album (just being honest). Do what makes you feel good and it looks like you still have a lot of support. New content might be exactly what you need to grow!

Anas Barakaat

Honestly the Zelda arrangements are a bonus, your content and way of breaking down stuff is super entertaining and awesome, plus you're just fun to hang with regardless. The new direction is actually pretty cool, we get to learn more about game music and regular music in general. You've actually inspired me to become a better pianist so its not going to be that easy to make me stop supporting you.

Tim de Man

Thanks for the support, kind words and feedback Anas! Always a pleasure to see you popping up in the stream chat :D .