July Video Update! (not a good one) (Patreon)

Hi everyone!  

For new Google Drive and video archive, please check the other posts nearby this one for your tier :)

Alright. 2020 has finally gotten me good. Also I screwed up the gamma curve on this video lol.

This is more of a personal video than anything. I haven't shared a lot of details about what exactly has been going on lately, but this should answer some questions.

Here is the TL;DR since I know it's a long video:

Veta and I broke up. I'm pretty distraught over it. A lot of my plans for the future have been completely up-ended. Essentially, my own inability to slow down with work has been the primary cause. As a result, I've decided to do a hard reset on myself. As we all know, sometimes when things aren't working, a hard reset is the only thing that will work. If you want more details about my methods on doing my own hard reset, I talk about that in the video. I've been unfairly pressuring myself to maintain my previous level of work and stress and it ended up ruining the most important thing in my life. Please don't let this happen to you and take care of your mind/body first before getting into a no-sleep competition with yourself.

One positive note about this is that I now have room for an entire video/tutorial shooting setup at home. The 10'x10' office is okay for live streaming and pre viz, but for quality video production, it just is not enough space. Over the next 2-3 weeks I'll be sharing the build-out of the living room into a video set with you here on Patreon. It'll have a full set design and new camera setup so that I can leave everything up and running and just hit record. I have a few inspirations I've gotten from other YouTubers that I'll be emulating, but I'll also be sharing the process with you guys here before I unveil it. I think this will really help out with getting back in the groove of making content.

Regarding the MA3: I wanted to wait a few more months to pull the trigger on the MA3 Light after reading everyone's comments on my recent post. Really good discussion and pros/cons there. However, I have to move my plans for buying one sooner rather than later.

I've seen a few MA3 lights being listed for $32k-$35k, and I think that price is just too good to let slip away. One of those consoles is less than 300 miles from me. I do not have 100% of the cash saved up for it like I usually like to do with large purchases, but I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and take out a $10k loan to cover the difference. I hate hate hate the idea of doing it that way, but I don't want to lose out on the opportunity. At least I wouldn't be upside down. The worst case scenario for that would be that I have to sell off my old DJ gear (the old stuff, not the good stuff...) to cover the difference.

However! If that does not pan out, ACT Lighting has graciously offered to send over the first Command Wing XT in the USA for us to make a video about as a first-look. I'm probably not going to be in the market to buy one, but I think it could make for a fun video.

Live stream for this month will be on this Sunday, July 19 on Vimeo. We'll be doing Pangolin Beyond integration with MA2 and Capture :) Look for that link in a coming post.

Thanks again everyone for your support. I know its tough out there and we all miss doing what we love.