Changing My Patreon to Monthly (Patreon)

Hello everyone. Managed to get my kid in and out of the hospital without any particular drama (place is so quiet... it's bizarre). All clear. No issues that we can see.

So anyway, I've been mulling about my channel for some time and from looking around at most other creators out there, I'm realising that my 'per video' model makes absolutely no sense for me, if the aim is to fund my channel, so I'm planning on moving to a 'per month' model. I'll flip this on after the beginning of May, so you won't get charged again until June. It also gives everyone time to consider their options. Obviously I hope you stay... but since you joined under one system - and I'm now changing that system - I understand if you want to say 'goodbye'. I still appreciate your patronage and always will!

To explain: the Dorico video was not meant to take so long - it just ballooned in size as it got created. In terms of actual editing minutes, this is around five videos worth of material and the number of hours I put in were between 30-40 per week, for 6 months (with a really big push during the final three weeks). Now, this video is too big. No question about that. However, they do sometimes take a while and because I can't release every month (until I'm properly full time - potentially with the aid of someone to help me produce), I continuously lose money as the months drag on. Regarding this last video, I've put myself in a position where I earned 1 month's money for 6 months work. Yes, I was pretty dumb when I set this up.

Just so you know - I have three collaborations coming up. One of them is going to be the subject of my next video, which is going to be a much more sober 10-15 minutes. I'm really excited to tell you about it because it's completely out of left field... and has the potential to be completely nuts. I'll wait a few days until everything is finalised before telling you about it.

And don't worry. I haven't forgotten about that Q&A. I'll get on that over the weekend now that I'm finally.... gloriously free of Dorico!

Thanks a lot :)

Martin