The $5+ Patreon rewards are out: "Mr. Knife" and "I Won't Eat My Broccoli!!!" (Mp3s, WAVs + Art) + another sneak peek demo from Better Than The Book's next album for the $10+ patrons!
$5 Rewards: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45792428
$10 Rewards: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45792387
Hi everyone and hope you're having a great February so far! It's the final Wednesday of the month which means it's time for some more $5 and $10 Patreon rewards and this time I have not one, but TWO classic Nick Standing songs to share with you (including some extra bonus content as well)!
Let's start with the earlier and lesser known of these two, a parody VERY rough punk rock song called "I Won't Eat My Broccoli!!!"! This was originally released on the same day as Sonnet For A Spider Girl: Halloween 2012 (according to the earliest dates I could find), and really was just me messing around recording for an afternoon to experiment (as I recall) with my newly homemade Super Fuzz pedal (which you'll be able to hear the bass guitar blasting though on this, as well as in some of my other discography)! I also wanted to try out getting some valve saturation and grit on the vocals which were recorded though my Korg ESX sampler for extra character. It was a fun afternoon with a silly song to show for it. Call me a phoney too, but full disclosure: I actually LOVE broccoli (probably one of my favourite veg), but those were the words which came to mind that afternoon, and so it's history now! The track was remastered for a Bandcamp release on May 7th 2014 and I've included both the original legacy version as well as the remaster as rewards for your enjoyment. Hope you enjoy a little silliness and you can listen to I Won't Eat My Broccoli!!! (the remaster) on Bandcamp:
https://nickstanding.bandcamp.com/track/i-wont-eat-my-broccoli
And speaking of silliness, we come to the next track which was released just one day after the IWEMB remaster on May 8th 2014: Mr. Knife! I've spoken about Mr. Knife in previous posts and for some reason, this Tiny Tim style track which was omitted from the original animation it was commissioned for has become one of my most popular tracks to date (I have no idea why)! To save some space on this already long post, you can read more about the creation of Mr. Knife on the 3rd part of this fantastic interview I took part in on Newgrounds which covers many aspects of my music philosophy and history and is my most detailed interview to date! Read more below:
https://theinterviewer.newgrounds.com/news/post/1119990
And I hope you enjoy the one and only Mr. Knife! Grab it as a reward on Patreon or listen below on Newgrounds & Bandcamp:
https://nickstanding.bandcamp.com/track/mr-knife
For the $10+ patrons, you've also got an exclusive sneak peek demo from the next Better Than The Book album to look forward to! Become a $10+ patron to access that and many more rewards now, and remember that you'll gain access to all historic rewards and posts for your Patreon tier too when you become a supporter including the full Better Than The Book and Jabun discographies and much more! With the newly updated REWARD ARCHIVE it's never been easier to catch up with all those posts and music downloads you've missed too! I hope you enjoy them!
Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding
Discover the Reward Archive: https://www.patreon.com/posts/44575319
That about wraps up the rewards for this time! The next set of rewards will likely be a bit early and coincide with the announcement and preorder launch for Jabun's upcoming 3rd album, but until then, I hope you have a great March to come and thanks as always for supporting my music, Jabun, and Better Than The Book! Take care and I can't wait to show you my latest tracks as Jabun!
TruMediaMix1
I'm hoping to get a Patreon for myself someday, too, but I admit that I haven't been able to yet because I've still got room for improvement when it comes to deciding what kinds of rewards my patrons would get. My presence on the internet is inconsistent at best - some days I'm gaming the day away, other days I'm actually focusing on my art. It's been difficult for me to decide how to get a proper Patreon to help support my livelihood as an artist, gamer, and writer without coming across as "shady" or disingenuous.
If you have any advice regarding Patreon, I'm open to suggestions. I plan to get a day job to help provide a steady income in the meantime, but I also want a Patreon to help diversify my income and help me open up better opportunities that can allow me to basically really make my aspirations a very real possibility.
Jabun
Thanks for the comment and best of luck setting up a Patreon. Admittedly I still only have a few patrons at the moment and I'm only making a little money from it, but apart from writing posts, it's stuff I'd have been doing anyway so it's not too strenuous and it's nice to have the extra support and motivation.
My best advice would be just to get started as soon as you can even it starts with just one reward for "general support and a thank you" before you're able to offer something more concrete, but it's important as you say to be consistent with content creation if you want to pursue it as an income stream. Definitely gotta exercise disipline with it, but the bulk of the creative work should hopefully be fun, and that's how I view my own Patreon at the moment; it's an income stream (even if only small) which justifies creativity and fun AND allows me to connect with fans a bit closer.
If you take a look at my Patreon page (link in post), you'll see that there are 3 rewards tiers, all fairly in depth, but you really don't need to go that far with it, and for some people, they'll sign up for the higher tiers less so for the rewards and more just because they want to support you and can afford it. I think it's important to be vocal about your Patreon in an organic way online and it's definitely worth making a plan and a big launch too (I actually need to re-launch my Patreon at some point since a lot's changed since I first started). The hardest part though is just getting started, so even if you don't start up just yet, if you really want to get started on Patreon even someday, make the first move TODAY by just signing up for an account, then you'll have made the first step at least and can chip away at things as and when you can :)
Hope that all helps and hopefully see you over on Patreon in the comments section or something! All the best!