So if you've been following the show you know that last night the crowdfunding campaign that I've been doing for the last month for the artist series of videos that I'm going to produce for the show came to an end and 30 days ago we started this campaign and I was looking for $5,000 to essentially cover the travel costs to do another video or two to keep the series rolling

And the outpour of support from you guys as a community is simply humbling to say the least. We ended up

348% overfunded. This means we have a budget of 17,392 dollars that came from 309 people.

And I know those sound like numbers,

but this is amazing because,

and this is what I want to talk about today

is where we're going to go next with this,

what the next steps for the artist series are, what this

crowdfunding means for the show and where the money is going to go. And I want to talk

about that because you know, crowdfunding is, it's very interesting and it's something that this is the first time I've ever done.

Just asking for money is not something that I'm particularly comfortable with and crowdfunding

to me has always seemed a little bit like pandering to some level.

And what I learned through this process is that crowdfunding is not about me.

Crowdfunding is about the community around this show and that was a real eye-opener for me and that's why I'm humbled with this.

You know, the actual project when all is said and done with the artist series is

something that is available for everybody to watch for free.

And I realize that not everybody can donate money.

People show support in various ways.

I realize that people are not a financial position

to help out, and I realize that some people just

are not comfortable helping with crowdfunding.

And the special thing about all this

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