Would You Be A Patron?
We are grateful to be on Patreon as that is a website which supports what we are trying to do--being what they called "creators"! It's a fancy term which means we are the people who produce the podcast--as in writing, rehearsing it and venturing into a sound studio to record it.
One challenge we have is seeking patrons who fit what we actually do. Unlike many podcats, we simply cannot produce weekly! it is impossible.
The reality for our cast at Lighthouse is that our average age is over 45 and for some of our cast health is an issue. Our cast are virtually all community theatre types, working or retired and what that practically means is --a few months in rehearsal before sound studio.
The reality is--that it costs us about $2000 for two seasons (16 episodes) worth of the podcast when you factor in licensing costs for the music, web costs, tech and audio editing fees etc. We could not produce weekly given our limitations with our cast--and the writing/rehearsing needs of the show. A lot of podcasts produce week.
So on the Patreon site--it is not realistic for us to ask for $50 or $100 a month.So we have kept our requests to the amounts of $1-20/month.
You can see our pitch down below which is also posted at Patreon in the Venusville section.
One challenge we have is seeking patrons who fit what we actually do. Unlike many podcats, we simply cannot produce weekly! it is impossible.
The reality for our cast at Lighthouse is that our average age is over 45 and for some of our cast health is an issue. Our cast are virtually all community theatre types, working or retired and what that practically means is --a few months in rehearsal before sound studio.
The reality is--that it costs us about $2000 for two seasons (16 episodes) worth of the podcast when you factor in licensing costs for the music, web costs, tech and audio editing fees etc. We could not produce weekly given our limitations with our cast--and the writing/rehearsing needs of the show. A lot of podcasts produce week.
So on the Patreon site--it is not realistic for us to ask for $50 or $100 a month.So we have kept our requests to the amounts of $1-20/month.
You can see our pitch down below which is also posted at Patreon in the Venusville section.
The Venusville Pitch
Patrons Click Here To Patreon
If you are open you can contribute $1-10/month only.
Or you can do more---we go up to only $20 though.
The funds pay our production costs and give a bit of an honorarium to cast!
Thank you if you do decided to help!
Or you can do more---we go up to only $20 though.
The funds pay our production costs and give a bit of an honorarium to cast!
Thank you if you do decided to help!
So What Would You Get If You Donated More? $25 or more? |
For anyone reading this who would be open to give $25 per month or more--well that puts you in the role of a Associate Producer for the show cause that is what you are.
That means--story input--perhaps even threading you into the story-line. It also brings you a personalized thank you from the cast. You may even have some other ideas which we will gladly talk to you about. |
For Those Who Own Businesses!
For starters business owners will have their logos on this site, and linkage to our Facebook page. You and your business will be mentioned and plugged in our credits--and that would just be the start. The aim of course here is to help drive business to you.