What is the difference between my Patreon subscription and my paid courses?
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The Question:
I joined your Patreon. Does this mean I’ll continue to have access to the Nord Stage 3 course without the $33 yearly renewal?
Summarized Question:
What is the difference between my Patreon subscription and my paid courses? 🤔
Answer:
Technically, these are two different products I offer.
So, the courses focus on learning how to operate a given Nord keyboard. The focus of the Patreon account is for people to support my work as a creator, and it has become a place to put all the additional content that doesn’t fit in any of the courses or for content I don’t feel is appropriate for YouTube. It’s a place I can let my hair down without the formality of the other two platforms. It’s a place for all the “sawdust or niche topics.”
More details:
YouTube: Talk about anything a keyboard player may be interested in with the idea that most viewers either own a Nord keyboard or strongly consider owning one.
The courses (free and paid): Focus on learning a given piece of equipment or software.
Patreon: Is for everything else, and there are several reasons for the Patreon account:
- It’s another way to support my work as a creator for people not interested in enrolling in a course.
- It’s a place I can post niche content that doesn’t fit into a course - especially for the Stage 3. The Stage 3 is now 19 hours long, and I hesitate to add to that because it will eventually become too big for a typical student looking forward to finishing it.
- It’s a place I can post something without the formality required for YouTube and the courses. For example, YouTube is very strict about using copyrighted material, but Patreon is not. YouTube requires me to lace the videos with “Marketing Speak and Promotional Messaging.” Patreon is pure content with no promotion. Course lessons are also more formal and provide a translation into 6 languages. I also take the time to update lessons as I find better ways to explain things or make them more accurate as my knowledge expands. I don’t take the time to do this with Patreon. As a general rule, the videos on Patreon have way less editing, graphic enhancements, and fanfare, allowing me to produce them quicker and easier.
- It’s a way for people to get a priority answer for something. Just like you have today as a student. But again, not everyone wants to enroll in a paid course if their question is random and unrelated to a Nord keyboard.
- It’s for people to watch extended content, and I commit to a post a week on average on Patreon, far more frequently than I post on YouTube by comparison.
For example, I had someone ask me to help extract the “blackbird sounds” from the Beatles song “Blackbird.” I did this and made a video about it. It has nothing to do with learning the Nord Stage 3, but it was interesting in its own way. But perhaps not so interesting as to post it on YouTube. Not only that, YouTube would likely demonetize that video due to copyright. So, that’s perfect content for Patreon as niche content that doesn’t have a home anywhere else. Patreon is where all the overflow goes.
Things may change in the future, but this is how it works today.
Hope that helps clarify it and feel free to share your thoughts and ideas on this!
Marc
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