Hello INDIE AF creatives!
Hope your creative week is productive and as brilliant as you!
I had a joyous eve talking to the wonderful folks from FOOL AND SCHOLAR - TRAVIS VENGROF AND KAITLIN STATZ- and also there is a super special dreamy guest thought mind link to the wonderful PIP THORNE of THE AMELIA PROJECT on his thoughts on their Patreon - honestly - INVALUABLE ADVICE HEREIN.
We chat all things
- Starting up and what is important?
- Is Patreon the right platform to choose?
- Choosing tiers and what posts work for engagement?
- Why the free tier is important
- Why in universe ads may not be cost effective
- What perks are worth it and what’s insane to tryyyyy!
- How the PATREON community functions have changed (for the better)
- Why Patreon is a wonderful place for fan engagement
- WHAT FEES ARE - ARGH
- Why the perpetual nature of it is hard!
- Who lurks in their Discord!
- FOOL AND SCHOLAR FINANCE BREAKDOWN - HERE!
- A little about taxes (booo the taxmansss)
- Is video a useful part of Patreons wares
- Issues with APPLE SUBSCRIPTIONS
- Why the Sonic College is.a groovy place
Other places to use - DRIP / KO-FI / KICKSTARTER / MEMBERFUL
Pip’s contribution was pinged in via WhatsApp so I DID MY BEST WITH QUALITY but he was out and about at some point too - so it has ambient stroll noises of the streets of Europe!
Truly grateful to Pip for this wonderful insight, and to Travis and Kaitlin too for sharing such amazing lived experience and advice - and long may they make recognised and well supported audio fiction! Pop onto their patreons - ah gwan - talking of which - feel free to join mine with grateful thanks!
Seee the videos of these wonderful folks and get a fuller ep
If you enjoyed this ep or any INDIE AF ep, please share and oh a review would be lovely - or you can leave a message on spotify too!
HAPPY CREATING!
Sarah🌞
Links to Travis and Kaitlin
Fool and scholar Patreon
Fool and Scholar Website
Fool and Scholar YouTube
Finnur Nielson Insta
Budget link Fool and Scholar works
Travis on bluesky
Links to Pip and The Amelia Project
Amelia Project Website
Amelia Project Patreon
Pip on Insta
Sarah’s links of audio Lovin joy
SARAH BLUESKY
SARAH LINKTREE
QUIRKY VOICES PATREON
ADWIT PODCAST
WIRELESS THEATRE
LINK TO THE AMELIA PROJECT - LIVE!
DELIVERY AFTER DARK - Preview screenings
The first preview screenings of our new project, on 5th, 6th August 2026, after the live show!
What happens when you strip cinema down and rebuild it with the grammar of audio drama?
This is a film you hear. The visual world is reduced to passing lights and shadows, while the real drama unfolds in sound, in the mind, just beyond the frame's edge.
Delivery After Dark is our strange new folk horror fiction, and you can be one of the very first people to experience it!
