*important* A few changes I need to make:

Dear Patrons,

I have decided to do a few rather significant changes to my release schedule and the reward tiers, but I wanted to let you know beforehand so you can act accordingly.

First, for the first time in my life(afaik) I had a brief brush with burnout a few weeks ago. I was working full time, plus the Falconshield releases, plus the Riot/LEC rap battle production PLUS doing some pretty extensive renovation work in the house. I knew it was a limited but as I was seeing the end of the crunch period...my stress levels were still very high and I felt tired, uninspired and it was like all joy and energy had been sucked out of me. 

So I decided to take a week of doing NOTHING and I came to the conclusion that I have probably been doing a little too much lately. And something that's always in the back of my mind is Falconshield releases...it's really a never ending cycle of writing, producing, mixing and releasing, and to have that pressure is quite taxing when you have a ton of other things to do too. I'll be 40 this year so I'm not a young man anymore haha :´D

So from now on Falconshield releases might come a bit more infrequently than a steady once a month. I love doing these songs and I've come to realize I need this for my creative outlet, so I'm not going anywhere, I just need to make sure my mental is healthy for the long run, and that I won't get tempted to take shortcuts just because I feel pressure into releasing content. 

SO...naturally, I feel bad for asking for monthly pledges when you might not get anything every month. So if you feel like you dont want to continue supporting my work, that's completely fine and understandable, BUT there will still be rewards for you here.

Speaking of rewards, I will remodel the tiers in the following ways:

Shieldbearer $1 - get mp3 of all tracks I release

Oracle $3 - get instrumentals

Initiate $5 - get access to drafts/unreleased material

What it means is that you'll basically get just as much(or more) for less money. I'm doing this mainly because I've been bad at keeping up with the monthly Q&A sessions(for initiates), but also because I want to lower the threshold for pledges and I still want you all to feel like your investment is worth it.

For transparency's sake, I just wanted to let you know where the pledges go once they're in my pocket. Since Lars left, I've been spending it all on video editing(SpikeNet) and custom artwork for album covers/thumbnails. Pledges cover roughly 25-50% of it, it differs a bit from month to month. 

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Thank you so much for your support, it really means a lot to me. You guys rock!

/Josef Falkensköld