alabama, WIN. patreon, WIN. what is it...CHRISTMAS?!? here's a present. (Patreon)
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WHAT A FINE GODDAMN DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA, MY FRIENDS!!!!
not only did black voters show up in droves to hand doug jones a win in the alabama senate race, hopefully turning around this american ship of darkness, but PATREON JUST REVERSED THEIR DECISION TO ROLL OUT THE PAYMENT CHANGES. they just posted a really beautifully-written apology blog about it. everything is going to stay AS IT WAS, and they are going to work with us to find the sustainable changes they need.
i'm so, so proud of everyone right now. alabama, the people who campaigned so hard in the senate race, and all the creators and patrons who rose up and made their voices heard. SHIT DOESN'T CHANGE IF YOU DON'T DO SHIT!!!! and look: sometimes when you do shit, shit changes. (how's that for my gubernatorial platform motto).
anyway....
another beautiful coincidence. last night, i sent a poll out to all of the $5+ patrons, with an idea. i've been feeling badly for the $1 and $3 patrons who were going to be taking the brunt of the hit of the patreon fee changes.
the $5+ people seems to be really thrilled in the past few days with the special bonus demo recording of "how would you like to play god" that i sent them (lots of people said they preferred it to the band recording, which of course makes me shrivel up and die a little, or wonder if i should just start releasing my iphone recordings as official things and saving a FUCK TON OF MONEY....)
so i sent a poll to the $5+ folks last night asking how they'd feel if i sent the bonus content to the whole patreon, $1 folks and up, as a thank you to the lower-level backers for sticking it out with me.
and i watched the poll results roll in at the same time i watched the poll results roll in for the alabama senate race...and it wasn't a close race.
when i flipped my computer screen open and saw THIS this morning:
...i nearly wept.
and you should have seen the comments.
everyone here is just so fucking community-oriented and generous and kind and nice.
i wanted to cry.
i also wanted to figure out a system where we could rig it so that my patreon votes in all future senate seats.
can someone work on that?
.....
so here you go, everybody. the $5+ tiers already have this download, but this one's for everyone: the piano iphone demo of "how would you like to play god"....love, me, and all the awesome fuckin' $5+ folks who voted to spread the love.
download code:
M4A: https://we.tl/Fh6MnHwuUt
(this one is n .m4a extension, taken straight from my iphone.)
i love you all, so fucking much.
MORE DEMOCRACY
MORE PEOPLE POWER
MORE ART
MORE ALL OF THIS.
xxxxxx
afp
p.s. please spread the word about this patreon news, and give patreon their props, if you can, for listening to us. they deserve it. i know this wasn't an easy pill for them to swallow. i'm proud of them. and: i did lose several hundred patrons in the course of this change. i hope they come back. if you know any of them, spread the good word. HE IS RISEN. wait, wrong holiday.
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