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Down the rabbit hole.
Hey, folks. Here’s what I’ve got on my mind today: Kickstarter. But funnily enough, I have two campaigns to talk about. One is exactly what you think it is, but the other is a new topic. Let’s dive in.
Folks, we’ve done it. Flight of Fire’s new album has been successfully funded. These amazing ladies are going to make their next album and they have all of you donors to thank. I also want to thank every single one of my fans who donated to them. Maverick and I have been talking and she’s super grateful to all of us. And so am I. I hope that Flight of Fire goes on to rock the world with all their hearts, ideas, and glorious, glorious shreds.
My second story involves a tabletop roleplaying game. Yes. I’m geeky. Deal with it.
Back in college, I played a game with my friends called 7th Sea, involving a fictitious version of 17th Century Europe involving swords, sorcery, and swashbuckling. It was honestly one of the best systems I’d ever played, if a little underrated in the tabletop scene, and I was bummed out when I learned that the game had kind of died out in the publishing world. But as of recently, the winds of fate have shifted direction.
In the past week, John Wick, the game’s original publisher who had recently reacquired the rights, went to Kickstarter to fund a second edition of 7th Sea. The goal for funding the project was $30,000.
It made that goal in seven minutes.
While I could be bitter that it took so little time for this to reach its goal while Flight of Fire had to break their backs and lament how it’s easier to fund familiar things rather than something new, I’d actually like to marvel at how the Internet has been an incredible force. The 7th Sea games I played did not have actual physical books, just pdfs and scans that other people downloaded. My local game store didn’t even carry copies because the books had been out of print for several years. I am entirely convinced that if it weren’t for the Internet and the ability to spread information so quickly, 7th Sea might have gotten lost in the sands of time or barely made its goal.
Likewise, the Internet has greatly helped spread Flight of Fire around. In fact, I’m pretty sure YouTube significantly helped grow their fanbase. On top of that, the band and I reaching out to people through Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and my Fish and Cherries posts helped them make their goal when it got so down to the wire. Our elders may joke about us spending too much time on our devices, but this constant connectivity clearly has its benefits.
We’re in the midst of a new age, folks. Information is now instantly at our fingertips and because of that, word of mouth about practically everything gets spread farther and faster. It’s also allowing people who don’t always have a leg up in the entertainment industry to get themselves out there and be heard, just like Flight of Fire, 7th Sea, and even yours truly. You all better brace yourselves, because change never rolls backwards.
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Could it be? After all this time? Are they finally back?
It’s Scribbles!!!!
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“I have something to tell you…”
(Except for that last one. That’s… that’s kind of important. Maybe don’t stop that one until you’re good and finished.)
Time is running out on Flight of Fire’s Kickstarter project! You know, that band that I showcased two weeks ago? Well, they’re about 20% away from reaching their goal and they need your help to get there. Imagine four-fifths down a long desert highway and then running out of gas with no gas stations around. That’s pretty much where Flight of Fire is right now, but we can help them get to their destination if we buckle down and give them some gas.
The cutoff is Monday, February 15 at 6:12 PM, Pacific Standard Time. I implore you, if you haven’t already, to donate something to their Kickstarter. Honestly, a sound like theirs has been one I’ve been missing for a while. Don’t get me wrong, my local 80s rock station has plenty of great guitar shredding classics, but there’s only so many times I can hear Freebird or Boys of Summer before I’m ready for something new. Seriously, if all the people who liked the Fish and Cherries Facebook page pitched in $20, they would make their goal. I think it’d be a real shame not to. We’ve got so many Katy Perrys in the world right now, isn’t it time that, after so long, we get one more Aerosmith?
Click here to donate and make rock history.
So without further ado, here’s my Top 9 Worst Movies of 2015.
Recently, I’ve accrued some employment that focuses on getting my writing picked up on other websites. While this is great for advancing my career as a writer, it comes at a price, mainly that I won’t be able to devote as much time to Fish and Cherries during work time. As such, the stuff that isn’t a current Reel Snippet, a collection of Scribbles, or the On My Minds that you’re reading right now get bumped down the priority list and I have to work on them in my off time.
As such, I’m going to have to say that the posting of Classic Snippets are going to be more sporadic. I may try to get a more consistent schedule like weekly or every other week, but for the moment, it’ll be more random for whenever I get time for it. Keep in mind, I not only have to watch the movie, but write a synopsis, review, and search for a cool fact to end it with. And that’s before I send it in for edits. Not exactly the easiest job on your own time. I’ll do my best to keep it mostly frequent, but if a Thursday is update-free on my website, you’ll know why.
Now as for why I’ve been missing deadlines for Scribbles, that’s all personal issues and I’m trying to rectify that. I’m also trying to find time for the Best of 2015 list, which I might be able to do on my trip to see family in New York. I’m trying my best to hold things together in the new year and I want to thank everyone for being patient with me.
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