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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: cathairshirt on December 03, 2015, 07:47:53 AM
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Depends. Maximum Fun makes their shows freely available, but has donation levels like NPR based on what you can afford with premiums for donors.
Howl.fm, on the other hand, is 4.99/month for just the archives.
Honestly, I think the Best Show should follow something closer to the Maximum Fun model - maybe add some other shows with some friends of the show (maybe put Cherry Blossom Clinic as a Best Show network show?) and it will be easier to afford to keep doing the show.
Either way, I will pay a donation or something to keep the show going.
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I don't think a mandatory paywall would be a good idea, but something like a Patreon would be awesome. I'd love to chip in a few bucks every month and feel like I was doing something to support the show besides downloading the episodes and listening to DraftKings ads.
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I have suggested a Patreon in the past as well. I know that Tom has been opposed to making it seem like there were different levels of support, or a paywall, but it's frustrating listening to the talk about the show being in bad shape when there are plenty of us out here that would gladly contribute money on a regular basis. I know there is the merch and the box set, but I'd like to be able to contribute to the show!
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I'd pay without schwag. I just want raw uncut ready-rock Best Show. I would also pay to hear what Tom is listening to. He's turned me on to so many bands though out the years, and I'd like an unbiased opinion from him on what's piping though his sound system.
Honestly Tom is funny and a great entertainer, but he's also got a great team that surrounds him. I'd love to hear a music show with Tom and Jon and Terry T and Mike. Maybe have some now-and-then guests like Vile and Segall and Leo and Coco (maybe even Mike K). I would pay $10 a month for 4 shows a month to hear their opinions on great new music. I just want honest brutal opinion and the opportunity to hear the songs they'd be talking about.
We just lost a great radio station (88.5 WRAS) to NPR here in Atlanta, and that was my source for great new music. Maybe I'm just looking for a replacement. You never know what you have till it's gone.
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Yea, I would also pay with no swag. Although, a calendar or a limited edition t-shirt would be a good way to raise some money to pay the bills. I can already see mike's month in this calendar. Behind the bar at massa's, skeevy lying on the bar, passed out. pbr attaching a starbucks to the trailer hitch on his VW beetle.
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I would happily contribute via patreon or something similar. The Best Show is basically a tonic for my sanity during my daily commute for about the three days it takes me to get through an entire episode. I don't know how much Tom is just hamming it up when he talks about the show being in a dire financial condition, but I would, without hesitation, put in a recurring monthly donation to help keep it afloat...
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i would pay whether or not i got something in return. if you haven't yet, a great way to support the show is to go to stereolaffs store and buy one of everything.
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Would love to hear Terri T on a weekly, or even monthly basis, but isn't the music rights issue too big to overcome?
Depends. Maximum Fun makes their shows freely available, but has donation levels like NPR based on what you can afford with premiums for donors.
Howl.fm, on the other hand, is 4.99/month for just the archives.
Honestly, I think the Best Show should follow something closer to the Maximum Fun model - maybe add some other shows with some friends of the show (maybe put Cherry Blossom Clinic as a Best Show network show?) and it will be easier to afford to keep doing the show.
Either way, I will pay a donation or something to keep the show going.
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Hundreds of dollars a year. That important to my mental health
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Would love to hear Terri T on a weekly, or even monthly basis, but isn't the music rights issue too big to overcome?
Echoing my thoughts exactly, Mr. K-ville.
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I'd pay plenty and I wouldn't feel bad if most people still got it for free.
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Would love to hear Terri T on a weekly, or even monthly basis, but isn't the music rights issue too big to overcome?
Echoing my thoughts exactly, Mr. K-ville.
Honestly, the way Tom's been doing music is the way a lot of podcasters do it, and I don't imagine Terre T having difficulties doing something similar.
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I thought he was getting label permissions. Terri played a lot of really old stuff from labels that haven't existed. Hard to get permissions, hard to even find the right people, but one play without permissions could lead to a lawsuit, since at least ostensibly this is a for-profit outfit.
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Terri played a lot of really old stuff from labels that haven't existed.
That, sir, sounds like a negative probability!
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*in decades*
Terri played a lot of really old stuff from labels that haven't existed.
That, sir, sounds like a negative probability!
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I thought he was getting label permissions. Terri played a lot of really old stuff from labels that haven't existed. Hard to get permissions, hard to even find the right people, but one play without permissions could lead to a lawsuit, since at least ostensibly this is a for-profit outfit.
Fair enough. But I'll still dream of the possibility.
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I just gave Joel Hodgson $100 for an MST3K reboot I will almost assuredly be very disappointed in, so I'd give Tom at least twice that much per calendar year to keep the one good, unsullied pop culture thing in my life going.
I pay $5 a month for Shudder and I've watched it maybe once. I pay extra to Hulu so I don't have to see the same five ads over and over again. I pay extra to Netflix so my brother can borrow my login. Patreon is a good option, Tom, please, just let me give you money!
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I'm still giving $15 a month to WFMU, even though I only tune in a few times a month. I'd give the same to the show.
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I'd pay $2 per episode, which was basically what I was paying FMU through the annual donation. I loved those premium funpacks, but that wouldn't be necessary. OK, honestly, I would pay double for a funpack.
What about this (and forgive me if this has been suggested in another thread): the live broadcasts remain free, so the random weirdos can find them and call in, and we pay for the podcast downloads? I think that would be the best of both worlds, and I would listen live and download to listen again.
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I suggested that Tom do a Patreon or similar. He can keep the show free and offer more to those who are dedicated.
That said, I would be willing (and have done so for other entertainment that is free or used to be free) to:
- pay via Patreon or similar site ($100)
- subscribe with a monthly or yearly payment ($100 a year)
- pay for extras ($100 a year)
- simply donate $100
- OR whatever Tom decides.
I just want it to continue. The rest is just the details.
I own the box set, 2 t-shirts, and some older CDs. I also bought a pair of tix to the Chicago show (but couldn't go).
I have almost never listened live - my enjoyment is purely via podcast form, and has been for about 5 years.
There is nothing else, literally, that I can spend money on for Tom and Jon, other than re-buying the same t-shirts or mailing him a check that I assume he would shred.
What can we do?!
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Just thought of another way to support - I could buy tix to upcoming shows in far off towns if they are not sold out.
But I wouldn't want to prevent someone from going if those are the last tix.
So, still out of ideas on how to currently pay my appreciation for the show.
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patreon seems like they right type of system but I'm assuming Tom checked it out and didn't like something about it.
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I've been wondering if Tom could do a marathon show like he used to do for WFMU. Based on what he would pull in two weeks for them, I'd bet he could easily make enough to live off the show.
I echo everyone else in that I would be more than willing, if given the opportunity, to support the Best Show financially. Since I've become a fan of the show, I've spent hundreds of dollars between best show merchandise or through WFMU fund drives.
It's is one of my favorite things in the world and I don't want to see it go away until Tom is ready to retire it.