A weird tour beckons... (Patreon)

Hey everyone! Things have been...... interesting...... and my living situation is about to change. My projects, aren't, though, so that's good!

It's Friday and everyone wants to go home (or maybe you're doing it right now!) so I'll get right to it - recently I was asked to move out of my place, and sometime by the end of the month, I hope to be completely out. This has thrown my life into a temporary state of disarray.

It's no secret that I've been trying to help start the Bloop Museum (and if you're supporting that, a big update is coming soon over there). I've accumulated a lot of hardware, software, devkits and more over the span of my life. A lot of that has been used in music projects like Pretty Eight Machine and Chiplust. This stuff is currently in a storage unit. Slowly (for the last 8 years), I've been working on getting a lot of that stuff into an organized state so I can set up and display these machines, people will be able to learn about them, play games on them or just have a fun experience checking them out. 

So now, my goal for this month is to pallet wrap almost everything I own, and move it to a warehouse. Conveniently, the warehouse is connected to a museum that I am working with, and almost all of those logistics are worked out, for the most part.

This leaves a new fun thing to figure out - where am I going to live? One of the reasons I've been able to live in the place where I'm at now is that it was so cheap, and let's be honest, if I'm planning to stay a musician, I need to keep it that way.

Fortunately, as long as my stuff is safely stored, That's not much of an issue. I'm pretty easy-going, I've been to a lot of events, and I have at least a few places to couchsurf. There's not a whole lot tying me down in the Baltimore area. 

So then I thought: Why not take my music on the road? I've been daydreaming about touring for awhile, and talked to a few other musicians that would go with me or at least play when I come to their town. 

The problem? No vehicle. The solution? Well, if the header image wasn't enough of a hint, I'm gonna solve two problems at once. I plan to move into a small motor home, or as the late great Chris Farley/Matt Foley once said, "in a van down by the river". This will be a potentially long adventure with the intention of finding a place that fits my lifestyle and eventually sett(l)ing down in a new spot. In fact, shout-outs to Turrican composer Chris Huelsbeck who is already doing this and offered some advice!

So yeah! This is actually happening. I already have a few leads on RVs, and there is an active fundraiser. Before I link you that, I want you to know that your support here will directly translate to living expenses so I can continue to write music. Stuff like insurance (on both home+gear), gas money, food, etc. Synthesizer and CTM development will progress in the RV, and of course the goal of completing that is to work on my next album. Music commissions will continue once I'm settled. 

Please do not increase your pledge (unless you were thinking about it anyway). I never want to put anyone else in a bad situation just because I need money, that's not why this Patreon is here. And that's not what I am asking with this post! 

What I really really want (other than a zig-a-zig-ah, clearly) are two things:

1. Please help me spread the word about the fundraiser! Some of you are already doing this thank you!), and it is already past the 60% mark. Ways to share are:

Retweet this tweet: https://twitter.com/inversephase/status/1022592638887907328 

Share this post on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inversephase/posts/10156651073537360 

Or, if you have some other social media or just know someone that wouldn't mind if you sent them the link, the direct link is: https://www.gofundme.com/help-mr-magfest-find-a-home 

2. If you want me to visit you, play a show near you, whatever, and you're in North America, please fill out this form. Feel free to share that form to your friends, if you think they would be interested!

I'd love to know if you want updates on living in the RV; I was thinking about starting a small series of "nerd in an RV" videos that would encompass my music, games, and how to make that all work on the road.

Thanks for being here with me on this adventure, and of course, if anyone has any questions, I'd love to hear them - comment below!