Patreon: General Update (Patreon)

I just wanted to give you a brief update about the channel to give you an idea about where I’m at and what I’ve been up to;

1. Your pledge money – I’ve said it before but your continued support means the world to me and your pledges have allowed me to make a few investments that I’d like to share with you: first; I got a new laptop! So far I had been editing on a 5 year old laptop with a deteriorating video card, which wasn’t really an issue until recently when it could no longer handle an external monitor. Secondly; I got a new microphone; I think I can still make some improvements in post-production but the raw audio files are a major improvement over the ones from my previous microphone + it’s much easier to use and saving me a lot of time in the process of recording voice-overs. Thirdly; I got a subscription to Artlist; which is basically a huge database of music I can use for my videos and with music being such an important part of my videos; this is obviously a great asset. 

2. Movie of the Week – As you may have noticed; I haven’t really been following through with the movie of the week posts. The simple truth is that I just couldn’t find the passion to do it; most of my time and energy goes towards making the videos; that is what I feel passionate about; that is what I’m putting all my effort in (on my last video this amounted to 12-14 hours a day), and that is what you are ultimately supporting me for. I’ve therefore decided to rename it to simply “extra content” because I do want to keep the option open to give you back something extra every now and then; maybe a quick review; maybe a deleted segment from my script; maybe a list of recommendations; whatever. But I also don’t want to make any promises I’m not going to keep. I hope you understand.

3. Future goals – Part of my next goal is to actually scale back the output of videos to 1 or 2 a month (instead of 2 a month definitely). I’ve been managing 2 videos a month pretty well but found I have too little time in between projects to read, watch films and explore new ideas; which is obviously essential if I want to keep presenting insightful new videos in the long run. 

4. Feedback – I would also like to take this opportunity to invite you to give me your feedback (preferably in a private message); what are your thoughts so far on the channel? What are your favorite and least favorite videos and why? What kind of content/subject would you like to see in the future? What could I improve on in my videos? Is there anything you’d like to see on the Patreon page in terms of extra content/rewards? Stuff like that. Let me know!

Thanks!

Tom