We've spent 2019 and 2020 streamlining and REDUCING the amount of platforms we post content too. Keeping really only our podcast RSS feed, this Patreon (which is the same as our two tier member section of our website) as well as Vimeo + Youtube. Vimeo is the go to specialized place for professional filmmakers to post content online, yet it's far from perfect, with one of the main issues being how clunky it still is. Try playing a Vimeo video without watching it buffer. Impossible!
YouTube is so stable and fast and never ceases to amaze technically. It's so great as a single place for uploading both our video and audio outputs in one location. Of which we've also started uploading back episodes of the podcast to. Yet we know how cavalier YouTube's censoring is. Since our content is some of the highest quality that most have never heard of, we've typically been a small blip on the radar which has gone unnoticed. Yet, this message from them marks the beginnings of our run in with the platform. Not surprising.
*On a side note, this December is looking to be a bit slow in regards to outputs. After about a 7 year long saga, my wife and I are closing in on finally actualizing a house by going through a massive remodel of the house I grew up in which we are moving back into. Long story, but after a failed attempt to try and build a house, which was the first 4 years, the last 3 years have been this phase two approach of building my parents a cottage in their backyard for their retirement so we could inherit the house - which needed a full reboot. It has been a way overly drawn out process, which I dragged my wife through for way too long. Not to mention the fact that we've spent a good chunk of the last 7 years living in a small 20 foot Airstream trailer. However, we are now nearing the completion of the remodel process. Since Covid-19 pandemic/plandemic has made for a really challenging 2020 for everyone, the timing for our family was actually quite good because we'd be doing all this home based work with our contractor and his team anyway, and as you get closer to the end, it gets more and more busy of a schedule. Thus every day I'm having to play the secondary contractor. I usually have a couple dedicated days a week for film/essay/podcast creation, but this month has been basically full-time contracting. There's no podcast planned, but I'm aiming to try and get at least a couple essays complete. Quality outputs never happen by a rush, race, or rigid schedule, and oftentimes we need periods of significant downtime to grow as individuals, but since you’re sending a bit of recurring money my way, of which we are very grateful, we do aim to give minor updates like these on occasion when there may be a bit of a lull. Thanks so much for your support of our work and happy holidays to you and your families.