Hey everyone, my name is Sunny and ten
years ago this October I started hate5six.com
as an online resource to film live music and to connect people to bands.
As of today I've archived over 2,600
live performances of bands and I'm on
pace to break 3,000 in a year if not sooner.
I've been able to document everything from bands playing their first shows to crazy final shows
to epic reunion shows we never thought
would ever happen, to unearthing lost
footage of bands found on old VHS tapes.
And earlier this year I developed and launched a novel band recommendation app to help people find new music in an organic way.
People rely on hate5six for a variety of reasons.
I hear from people in remote countries who have no direct access to hardcore and punk.
I hear from people deployed in the
military who can't come back home to see
their favorite bands. I even hear from
people stuck in hospital beds because
they're physically unable to come to
shows anymore.
Most people are shocked to find that hate5six actually isn't my job.
For the last ten years I've worked as a software developer which sustained my passion which is filming and sharing videos of live music.
However, this past January I was laid off and I'm sort of at a crossroads with what to do.
On the one hand, I can continue working in tech and trying to operate hate5six in my free time as I've done
for the last decade. However, I'm turning
to you to try something new. I want to
try doing hate5six full time so I
can not only continue giving you the
content that you love, but going full-on
beast mode with it. And for those of you
who don't know, Patreon is a site that
allows people to financially support
content creators that they really like.
Not having to juggle a 9 to 5 will
allow me to edit and release the videos
at a faster rate, it'll allow me to
travel more to film bands that don't tour my
neck of the woods and it'll give me more
time to continue developing more apps to
help connect people to music in
meaningful ways. Just so there's no
confusion live videos of bands on
hate5six will always be freely available
and never pay-walled. Live videos of bands
should be accessible to everyone
regardless of their financial status.
If you're a casual viewer and can do one or two dollars per month that's great.
If you're an avid viewer who binges on hate5six every day and can do five
dollars per month that's even better. If
you're an aging punk with loads of cash
and want to support it even more, by all
means! There's no obligation here. If this
experiment fails after a couple months
I'll go back to doing hate5six part time.
Since the beginning hate5six has been a vehicle for raising money for
various charities. Everything from
disaster relief, raising money for
medical clinics, raising money for music
and arts programs in inner cities among
other things. As part of this experiment
to do hate5six full time,
I'm establishing what I call the 8.56% Pledge.
Every month, 8.56% of my income will go to a charity selected
by you, the subscribers. I want to continue
using hate5six as a platform for social
change and I'm hoping this pledge is a
great way to continue doing that.
Head on over to patreon.com/hate5six and take a look at the rewards you'll receive
for subscribing. Everything from helping
me determine what videos to release next,
to having early access to certain videos,
to having access to some of these brand
new hate5six apps. I hope you'll join me
in pushing hate5six to the next level and beyond.
I hear from people in remote
countries who have no direct action--
I keep saying direct action. This isn't a
direct action thing
