 Hey everyone, I have this week's schedule to be a week off So I thought I'd use it to update you guys with some thoughts on the state of polyphonic First of all at the time of this video, I'm fast closing in on 700,000 subscribers and honestly that number still baffles me It still baffles me that 10,000 people like what I do let alone 700 So thank you guys all so much for your support and in particular I want to thank everyone that supports me on patreon and nebula that money really gives me the extra security that allows me to Experiment and be more comfortable pushing boundaries with polyphonic with that being said I also know we're headed into tough economic times And I really don't want anyone who can't afford to support me to feel guilty for that Your money does help me a lot But at the end of the day my videos are not as important as keeping yourself healthy or putting meals in your Stomach so if you want to help support my channel, but can't afford to do it monetarily honestly, the best thing you can do is just like and comment on my videos and share them around and Also demand that YouTube fix its broken copyright system Um any any likes any comments any positive feedback or just Shooting me a message on Twitter and letting me know that you appreciate my work that that means a lot to me So now that the thank yous are out of the way It's time to talk about where we are with polyphonic or where I am with polyphonic I've been doing this channel for nearly three years now and like I said It's grown bigger than I possibly imagined and that's allowed me to do some really cool things It's allowed me to feel comfortable doing some videos on artists that I probably Wouldn't have been comfortable doing earlier on like clipping or a hozier You know artists that that really mean a lot to me personally But that aren't quite as celebrated on the world stage in the same way And it's also allowed me to tell more stories about underappreciated historical figures Which is something that I really really like to do and I'm really proud of my videos like my Scott Joplin and Rosetta Tharp videos those remain two of the favorite that I've ever made to this day And you guys have also allowed me to experiment with longer form stuff like my artists of the decade project or my nebula originals, but doing this has also been completely exhausting in the calendar year of 2019 I released 55 video essays if you include my nebula originals That averages out to more than one video essay a week and throughout the entire year I pretty much did everything myself as a one-man team with the exception of a couple people who help edit my script Sometimes and and a big thank you to anyone who's ever taken a look at my script And I'm really proud of what I've been able to do with polyphonic so far But here you guys probably knew that about was coming. Um That kind of production just isn't sustainable long-term. It's it's really taken its toll on me It's incredibly difficult to make the stuff that I do at the pace that I do So I'm gonna be making some changes to my release schedule in in case you don't know right now I'm releasing four videos a month I'm gonna cut that number down a bit, but I'm not gonna hold myself to a specific number What I will promise you is a minimum You're gonna get at the very least two polyphonic videos each month. Um unless something goes drastically wrong That's that's my baseline But in all likelihood, I'm gonna aim for three videos most months and Chances are you might even get some months with four new videos I'm not writing that off entirely what I'm really just trying to do is give myself some more flexibility and Well, I'm sure some of you are bummed that you're not gonna have as many videos There's also a lot of good that's gonna come out of this for one It'll open me up to spend more time on the videos that I do make this means better motion graphics And it means I'll be ready to go more in-depth on topics But it also means that I'm gonna be freed up to do some other projects One of the big things that I want to work on is another line of polyphonic merch I never intended on waiting this long to make new posters But when I went up to four videos a month, I basically had no time to do anything but videos So if there's any videos you want adapted into posters Let me know because I really want to start putting together another line in the coming months It also gives me more time to pursue things completely outside of polyphonic But these are things that you guys will probably see eventually I've already been doing art on my Instagram and hopefully I'll have more time to do that But I've also got a lot of other projects on the go. I don't really know how I'll be releasing everything I don't know what these ideas are gonna pan out to be but any video projects that I do outside of polyphonic I'll be sharing on nebula and with my patrons on patreon So keep an eye out for that Um, and if you want to keep up to date with anything I'm doing outside of YouTube The best way to do that is just by following me on Twitter So if you've got a burning question for me or you just want to tell me something A thought about a video or contribute to the discussion in some way Twitter is really a great place to do it And speaking of burning questions It's been a good while since my last Q&A and I'm about to hit 700,000 subscribers So it seems as good a time as any So sometime in the next few weeks, I'll release another Q&A video That means if you've got any questions you want to ask, um Put them in the comments here and I'll answer some of my favorites And just a heads up if your question is a request You can ask it, but the answer is almost always Maybe I don't know Like I've said, I really don't know what videos I'm gonna make until the moment I decide to make them And there's a bunch of artists and a bunch of albums that I've written scripts on but never turned into videos for whatever reason So you can request all you want, but Honestly, I really don't know what's coming for polyphonic until Until I start making the video So yeah, ask ask questions Any other questions you have and I'll I'll try to answer them I think that's all the updates for this video So I'll just say thank you guys so much for watching. Thanks for liking subscribing and just Generally supporting my channel like I always say it really does mean a lot to me