I am a little disappointed in how much of a slog March has been with regards to raising funds. In the March newsletter I wrote that I needed the not exactly princely sum of £300 to spend creating a film homage to Alfred Hitchcock. Although I didn't reach that small target there is enough in the kitty to go ahead and make the film, and as with all of my work it will be released online totally free of charge. It appears that people still haven't quite grasped the concept of what I am trying to achieve. In return for your donations (and many grateful thanks to those who have donated) I use the money to create and not a penny of it goes into my pocket. It is certainly more value for money than the TV Licence and Council Tax put together but you pay that without moaning, okay so it is the law but you don't get back out what you put in. At the moment I am trying to sort through my projects and filter out the ones that aren't going to cost too much money because I don't want to be not doing anything.
So please remember this, the more you put in the more you get. The more money that gets donated, the more creative and ambitious I can be. Not one penny is wasted, it all goes on legitimate costs involved in making things to entertain you with.
How about having one less drink on Friday and Saturday night and donating the price of that drink to the PayPal? If a pint is on average £3.50 then it isn't a massive dent in your funds but the more people who do it the better the results will be.
In regular news, The Sunday Alternative Podcast continues weekly for free and showcases the best in new music. It is released as close to Sunday lunchtime as I can manage and is usually recorded during the week, although I do occasionally not have time and end up doing it on Saturday or even Sunday. Coming up this month there will be an extra episode because I do one on Bank Holiday Mondays.
The Random Sessions is back in full swing now with a change of format and (hopefully) a new home at The Hop Merchant in Nottingham. Episodes will start to appear every Saturday so keep an eye on my (still inexplicably underfollowed) Twitter account and the series Facebook page, which for now still carries the word 'Saturday' as Facebook don't make changing details easy. In addition to the video series there is also the monthly audio podcast, and of course these come to you free of charge.
The Random Sessions CD is still available to buy for a fiver and all the money is shared out between the artists. No money has been shared out yet because it isn't worth giving out pennies so once they're all sold everyone gets paid. Just hit the PayPal button and type 'CD please' in the notes with your address.
Most importantly of all, please donate and share this newsletter with your friends on social media.