Tom Smith Online Subscriptions

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Greetings, all! I'm honored to be considered for this year's Rose & Bay Award ("Other Project" category) and I want to thank everyone who's voted -- not only for me, but for all of the nominees. There's some amazing stuff being done, and I'm flattered and humbled to be considered worthy to be a part of it. (I think I'll have to do a "prompt" songwriting day soon -- it's been a couple years, but it works out well every time....)

Since this is a crowdfunding community, I'd like to mention my latest effort to [a] get a bunch of music out there for cheap and [b] get back to a steadier income that I've had the past year and a half. I know it's been just oodles of joy for all of us -- "Nice economy ya got here, shame if sometin' happened to it" -- and I feel bad about charging too much. We're all hurting.

So, I've started subscriptions.

Basically, you make a small PayPal recurring payment -- $20 ($6.77/mo) for three months, $30 (5.00/mo) for six months, $50 ($4.17/mo) for twelve months. In return, you get access to a password-protected folder with all the new music I create -- songs, parody lyrics, instrumental pieces, a couple of ambient things I'm working on -- weeks before they're released. I'll send you an e-mail when there's new stuff to download.

Right now the subscriber folder has seven concerts from five different conventions, and three original songs from the forthcoming Sins Of Commission 3. I'll have some new stuff in a week or so, and more in March, and and and.

Bluntly, if I can get about three hundred people signed up for this, that's enough of an income to pay my basic bills. It seems easier and more fair to ask you all for a few bucks a month. And I'll make sure you get rather more than your money's worth. Just click here to sign up.

Thanks so much!

Comments

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

>>I think I'll have to do a "prompt" songwriting day soon -- it's been a couple years, but it works out well every time....<<

Please announce it here when you do, and I'll encourage my audience to come give you prompts. You're the only person I know who can craft rhymes faster than I do, and to music. I still very fondly remember the house concert at Kitten's party.

>>Bluntly, if I can get about three hundred people signed up for this, that's enough of an income to pay my basic bills.<<

I think the subscription model has potential, and I'll boost the signal for this too. My Poetry Fishbowl covers some of our regular bills, like water and Internet, plus nonfood essentials such as gas and toilet paper.

I'm pleased to see more folks looking at how many fans they need for support, too. I've got a whole archive of articles (http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com/economics.html) about "1000 True Fans" but this issue is more complex than that. Not everyone needs $100,000/year and the donation amounts vary by audience and product.

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I love this idea, Tom. I know it's been a rough few years for you, and I'll be passing word along.