The Billing Pause Will Continue
Added 2025-02-26 16:50:05 +0000 UTCHello everyone,
I've been unpacking from the move, all while having to restructure my business completely while I prep The Real Will Wood for distribution, begin the edits on Slouching Towards Branson, ready my catalog for physical distro, worship at the iron temple, and prepare for this summer's 10-year anniversary tour. Trying to have a life while this is happening has left me very little time for my other priorities, such as preparing Patreon content.
I've begun that process though, so it looks like I'll be able to re-launch the Patreon come April. Fair warning, it might be pretty different. I've learned the hard way too many times via terrifying Patreon DMs, things I've heard about how the online fandom's belief that they know me personally has only intensified, and audiences behaving as though my shows are rare appearances from a twitch streamer they like to spam, etc. that I need to shift gears a bit in my approach to this platform. With the looming arrival of the air-conditioned reuptake-inhibited technofeudalistic post-historical metaverse, I'm not sure I can bring myself to be involved in a fandom scene even the very small amount I currently am. I plan on switching my focus to email lists and SMS promotion soon. So I may be less present here, the livestream Q&A's will go back to being videos of real-life Q&As from tour, and I doubt I'll be blogging as much.
Other changes will include updates to the tier prices (current members will continue to get the same prices though!) and what those tiers receive. Song videos, Q&A videos, sneak peeks at upcoming projects, early announcements, discount codes, those will all still be included. I think the sneak peeks will be sneakier and peekier than they've been in years though, so that's good. Stay tuned for more updates, I'll have the price and perk changes spelled out in more detail at the end of March with specifics once I've crunched all the crunchables.
Here's a sneaky peeky. Dates and locations soon. Do you like the name? It's a Will Wood reference, like from the Will Wood songs. I think ten years in is a good time for a sort of thematic reset. Not to get too MCU on ya, but it might be sort of time for PhAsE tWo y'know? So 2025 will be a sort of hello-goodbye-hello for me I think. Maybe the kids will think I'm retiring again with that name and 2015 vibe, that'll be funny. I'm insulting the gods with some of the theaters Livenation is putting me in. THEATER theaters. East coast we're doing rock concerts with worms, west I'm doing places with "center for fine arts" in their titles. Places with operas on the calendars next to Will Wood; a man with a penis for a name. I wonder if the theater environment will make people realize how badly they're humiliating themselves when they interrupt my punchlines to holler things their algorithm served them. If you come to a show, you have my permission to roundhouse their snakebites out. Phase Two Will is spicy. Go bite a fuck.
Anyway, that's it for now.
Much love,
-ww
Comments
come to asia if you can-- people are vastly different and wouldnt dare to do half the things a typical american audience might. i dont mean to generalize, yet culturally its very different and much more respectful here. if you ever have the budget and need a refresher-- please try a tour in Singapore. (or malaysia, its much cheaper)
Happiness
2025-03-11 06:39:18 +0000 UTCwill there be q&as at the full band shows as well as the solo ones?
Kaycee
2025-03-10 23:44:56 +0000 UTCI'm not sure if this happened to anyone else, but I still got charged for this month :/
Caspian
2025-03-09 18:09:29 +0000 UTCHello Will, what's your favorite cereal brand?
EMMA
2025-03-08 17:02:20 +0000 UTCI love the cartoon art mixed with real photos btw. Goes hard and feels right. I'm sorry about the weird stuff you've had to deal with, but you GOT THIS! WE BELIEVE IN YOUUUU. Your art speaks volumes. A symphony even!
Happy Clown
2025-03-07 23:40:51 +0000 UTCI recently was recommended your art and music by a friend, and I have enjoyed it so, so much. Thank you for sharing it with the world. If you have any other means of supporting you I would love to know! I am happy to utilize Patreon as long I am able to donate. Thank you again and I hope you take care and have a good 2025!
ice clue
2025-03-05 03:21:33 +0000 UTCCompletely and utterly excited for Phase Two Will Wood!! Here's to hoping for record low heckling this tour
jamie
2025-03-05 01:14:49 +0000 UTCSounds good to me. And yeah, the fandom is pretty weird these days, I’ve kind of stepped back from interacting with WW fans online. It’s all a bit intense. I just wanna talk about how much the art means to me, the intensely parasocial creepiness is so off putting.
Day Graham
2025-03-02 08:36:27 +0000 UTCNo one makes art like you. Sorry for fans forming parasocial relationships. I love the blog posts but i see why that would change things. Congrats on 10 years and can't wait to see you in the summer :3
Sylvia
2025-03-02 00:24:25 +0000 UTCthat’s all well and good and all, but will the newly extended Camp Here n’ There soundtrack be put on Spotify soon?
Beans McSprout
2025-03-01 22:54:30 +0000 UTCGlad to see you taking a minute to take care of yourself and reprioritize, sucks that so many folk have been absolutely heinous in person and online. Keep making banger art and don't like the freaks take that away from you
Potter
2025-03-01 13:56:09 +0000 UTCcongrats on 10 years!! very excited for everything to come, really hoping i can make it to a show!
Rory
2025-03-01 02:16:53 +0000 UTCit's so adorable!! im just so confused on where it came from and who's it is 😭
sarah
2025-03-01 01:56:51 +0000 UTCIt's got a bowtie and looks so cuteeeee though awwwww (you actually inspired me to check haha! )
Happy Clown
2025-03-01 00:11:07 +0000 UTCAmelia Taron’s father missed the last two tours. He passed on the 2022 ICIMI vocal and video parties. He’d just been released after having inpatient bladder stone ablation in 2022 and in 2024 he had that flu from hell. Should I bother? If need be can he attend with a catheter in? Not to worry, he healed well. No more catheter. He’s so done with this kidney/bladder stone thing.
The Momur
2025-02-27 16:20:42 +0000 UTCAt first glance you wouldn’t think me capable of yelling, “will you shut the fuck up,” to a gaggle of drunken middle aged ProgBros at a Steve Hackett concert. I lived to tell the tale. Don’t foul Firth of Fifth, you philistine fucks. I have an enviable witch cackle. Lemme at ‘em.
The Momur
2025-02-27 16:06:23 +0000 UTCWill you still have VIP meet and greet? I'm glad things are going well. 💕
Wendy Bullinger
2025-02-27 14:12:01 +0000 UTCyes
Zoë
2025-02-27 13:34:21 +0000 UTCjust wait till it's public to post the art
Jack Caudill
2025-02-27 12:51:41 +0000 UTCIf there are any potential UK shows, I'll gladly bite any hecklers.
Wren
2025-02-27 09:17:02 +0000 UTCThe show heckling is so frustrating to hear about. There are folk who got the chance to see (what I hope is) one of their favourite artists, and spent time being juvenile and self centred while there's fans who might not get that chance to see you live. I sincerely hope it doesn't happen again with the new tour, and that everything falls into place the way that feels right for you!
Wren
2025-02-27 09:15:12 +0000 UTCSaw this and died. Will attend shows from above! (or below, not sure still in purgatory)
some person
2025-02-27 04:36:54 +0000 UTCso. would posting art of that sick photo count as patreon leaking.
Ningy
2025-02-27 04:28:05 +0000 UTCAs far as audience heckling goes, can you remove people from shows for being disruptive? I feel people would knock it off quick if their silly quip has a chance to get them escorted out early
Jack Caudill
2025-02-27 01:53:13 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see y'all as a band live, even if things drastically change the celebration of the last decade will be pretty spectacular to see :) cheers to what's to come
Jack Caudill
2025-02-27 01:03:18 +0000 UTCi just remembered... what's up with the cat post on spotify 😭
sarah
2025-02-27 00:23:02 +0000 UTCI spent the Q+A and the first half of Slouching Towards Bethlehem poised to threaten someone into shutting the fuck up bc of how things had been going on the tour, but I was at the STL show so thankfully I didn’t have to. YET. I’ll miss the blogs, but I hope some benign neglect will do the fanspace good
Annabelle Darby
2025-02-26 22:49:34 +0000 UTCso damn excited for this. the halloween show was some of the most fun i’ve had at a concert. good luck with planning!
Joey Perleoni
2025-02-26 21:27:27 +0000 UTCok thanks! :)
Kaycee
2025-02-26 19:46:51 +0000 UTCto help you in your path to live 2025 like a normal LGBT certified artist, i promise that for every week i dont get a notification from you this year i will convince one person in my life to delete a social media platform
adrien
2025-02-26 19:19:37 +0000 UTCThey might come back briefly if I run out of tour Q&As again, but no promises and it wouldn't be for a while.
William
2025-02-26 19:14:17 +0000 UTCI beg people to be chill for like, 2 seconds so Will can live his life peacefully T-T I will miss Patron Q&A, but defs looking forward to rebrand and everything else ✌️
Foxdraft
2025-02-26 18:54:39 +0000 UTCyay! can’t wait to see the tour :)
Marcel Cohen
2025-02-26 18:46:48 +0000 UTCwill the livestreams come back or is this a permanent change?
Kaycee
2025-02-26 18:41:17 +0000 UTCPossibly!
William
2025-02-26 18:23:43 +0000 UTCNew ones!
William
2025-02-26 18:23:37 +0000 UTCoh, and will q&a videos from the slouching tour be posted on here eventually, or just older ones? (not sure if you recorded them at slouching or not)
sunny
2025-02-26 18:08:47 +0000 UTCalways appreciate the updates! so sorry to hear that some fans are being weird. again. sounds like this is best, & i can't wait for the anniversary tour!
sunny
2025-02-26 18:08:06 +0000 UTChi, will there be dress rehearsals again?
Marcel Cohen
2025-02-26 17:47:56 +0000 UTCDo whatever’s best for you man! I think no matter what direction you go creativity wise you’ll always have supporters, me being one. I’d love to attend a band tour hopefully! But if not hope to see you somewhere in California again!
Wilson Laurence
2025-02-26 17:45:36 +0000 UTClooking forward mr. wood! hope everything is well until then
sarah
2025-02-26 17:41:19 +0000 UTCCan’t wait to see ya again on the west coast! Best of luck on all the further restructuring!
Hayden Pigeon
2025-02-26 17:24:09 +0000 UTCRIP Mr. Wood you may be missed. If you apologize for gay Mr. Musk might grant you a swift ending. I hope iron man makes a cameo in the next limited series and blasts away all of the DEI crap. Here's to the second coming!
Drew Schulta
2025-02-26 17:23:30 +0000 UTCIs it gonna be like an arcade where you can trade in heckler piercings for prizes? Very excited for more music. Congrats on the 10 years!
Jana
2025-02-26 17:19:52 +0000 UTCI hope the move to Canada goes well, Trudeau isn't king anymore so family connections aren't going to swing any decisions on that front.
mortran
2025-02-26 17:17:21 +0000 UTCI’d imagine up as he’s saying prices for current members are the same!
Griffyngrove
2025-02-26 17:13:44 +0000 UTCAhh awesome, good luck Will!! I hope you have a good time with everything and I wish you the least amount of stress as possible.
Viowlette!!!
2025-02-26 17:08:24 +0000 UTCI am so hoping my once in a lifetime US Trip (I‘m from Europe) will line up with some, any, west coast tour date. I‘d love to see you live, you’re probably the most genius musician I know (god I sound like a fourteen year old fan girl) and it might just line up perfectly
Area
2025-02-26 17:05:07 +0000 UTCgot snapped out of a doomscroll spiral by this, wahoo. hoping ticketing for the upcoming tour won't be too crazy because i already love the vibes of whatever you're planning.
Ningy
2025-02-26 17:02:44 +0000 UTCthe title is so sick omg i'm so excited for the tour
Kaycee
2025-02-26 17:02:13 +0000 UTCLooking forward to phase 2!! Look after yourself, man :]
Bowie
2025-02-26 17:00:09 +0000 UTCOh my god! So totally looking forward to your tour, Will! 🤩 The tour name is nice and spicy 😚👌
Ashley Gonzalez
2025-02-26 16:59:05 +0000 UTCDeleted that bit because I didn’t think you’d answer, lol—thank you! Can’t wait!
The Green Kasey
2025-02-26 16:58:42 +0000 UTCWe’re grateful for whatever you decide to share with us. You drive the car and we can only hope to be along for the ride. So excited to share in the experience of your growth. In the meantime, take care of yourself, Sir. 🩷
Kimbo
2025-02-26 16:57:47 +0000 UTCLooking forward to the tour and Phase Two Will!!
Kristen Sutcliff
2025-02-26 16:56:58 +0000 UTCThank you for the update! Take all the time you need to recover and situate things in your life. Your happiness and health is far more important than the opinions of internet strangers. I will be seeing you soon! Can’t wait to see the performance :3
Em
2025-02-26 16:56:06 +0000 UTCrebirth era goes hard
Kanush Nishant
2025-02-26 16:55:40 +0000 UTCFrom June through August, split up into a few chunks!
William
2025-02-26 16:54:55 +0000 UTCprice changes as in like up or down?
tootired1
2025-02-26 16:54:26 +0000 UTCthe canadian immigration part is so relatable
callicoeidoscope
2025-02-26 16:53:28 +0000 UTCGah some people just ruin everything huh… excited for the tour though even if I probably wont be able to go!!
Aurora
2025-02-26 16:53:23 +0000 UTCThanks for the update. So excited for everything you’re working on and so excited about the tour!
The Green Kasey
2025-02-26 16:53:14 +0000 UTC