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hallo my loves.

i just spent two full days doing a photoshoot with Kahn & Selesnik...all with an eye to the Giant Yet-To-Be-Titled-Basically-All-The-Thing-Saddest-Record-In-The-World that i'll be recording in the fall and then touring forever and ever. i'll send you a whole slew of behind-the-scenes photos but meanwhile here's one...and this is just the tip of the iceberg. there's a whole raft/boat and a dismantled player-piano on an island that i am going to hoard. JUST YEW WAIT.

und MEANWHILE....

i may seem quiet but i am slaving away at a hot mac doing the sorts of things you be doing when you're planning a huge album and tour undertaking and it's all incredibly tedious darling. lots and lots of phone calls with agents around the world trying to figure out which venues, where and when. 

lots of things and meetings with the management team about how to put the record out. who to partner with. how many videos to make, with who, when, where. 

all this and i'm also trying to keep up with myself and work on The Podcast (we're getting there) and all the other projects we have in production (like the "weinstein" shoot that's happening in brooklyn this weekend - and i'm going to try to take a break sometime on the set and do a spontaneous webcast from the shoot, for patrons, if time allows).

that's not why i came to make this post, though.

i came to make this post because I WANT YOU ALL TO READ THIS ARTICLE.

it's REALLY LONG, but it's really beautiful, and it's especially a breath of fresh air after that billboard article, which was nice but barely went in-depth about the patreon, and how it FEELS, in the ways that i wish it had.

this one knocks it outta the park.

my favorite quote:

“I can no longer pretend that my audience is amorphous and fickle and they can no longer pretend that they’ll maybe check my music out every once in a while. It has taken a long-term relationship to the altar. We've done an official handfastening and the emotional component of that is hard to put into words, but I feel so incredibly held and supported and believed and authenticated by those 11,000 people in a way that no billboard chart position and no five-star review in any magazine could ever give me."

it's so true.

if you're here supporting me, you're gonna want to read this one.

it's going to give you warm fuzzies ALL OVER.

here:

https://blog.patreon.com/amanda-palmer-is-home 

ever-grateful to you all.


xxx

AFP

 

------THE NEVER-ENDING AS ALWAYS---------

1. if you’re a patron, please click through to comment on this post. at the very least, if you’ve read it, indicate that by using the heart symbol.

2. see All the Things i've made so far on patreon: http://amandapalmer.net/patreon-things

3. join the official AFP-patron facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/afpland

4. new to my music and TOTALLY OVERWHELMED? TAKE A WALK THROUGH AMANDALANDA….we made a basic list of my greatest hits n stuff on this lovely page: http://amandalanda.amandapalmer.net/

5. general AFP/patreon-related questions? ask away, someone will answer: patronhelp@amandapalmer.net

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Amanda Palmer Is Home: Why the Kickstarter Queen Embraced a New Way to Fund and Create Art | Patreon Blog

Amanda Palmer is known for a lot of things (or Things, as she calls them). 56 of them, in fact. While the mainstream media is better acquainted with her previous endeavors - things like making it big as one half of The Dresden Dolls, breaking the record for money raised on Kickstarter as a musician after she went solo, and authoring The Art of Asking -her fans simply know her as Amanda F***ing Palmer: Maker of Things.

Comments

Anonymous

That photo of you is amazing!

Anonymous

Love you Amanda! Thanks for the good read!

Anonymous

Thank you for your honesty, vulnerability, and your courageous voice. ❤

Anonymous

This is awesome. I am in the middle of a new record release myself, and have been looking to get my bearing straight in how I go about things towards a central cause. This has helped me alot. Here’s hoping I can do as great of things as you.

Isabel Vogt

Finally took the time and read the full article. Really great and touching.

Clyde Johnson

Love you and all the Things!!

Anonymous

THIS is important. Unexpected and unspoken, but a big part of the emotional connection and commitment I feel towards not only you, Amanda, but also to the other Patreons. “...but it does mean that there is an accountability, both on the side of the artist and on the side of the audience, that actually draws us closer together and makes the entire experience more real and authentic.” In some sense this community is like our own small planet where we are all citizens.

Katt

This may be the healthiest relationship I've ever been in! Warm Fuzzy fun.

Anonymous

You're crazy and I love it!

Anonymous

It is so nice to know that my small support of you via Patreon is helping to allow you to make art the way you want

Nicole Ives

I loved your article, I'm excited to be a part of all this :-)