Unfortunately I come here today to post with a hint of desperation.
Iām currently in the USA staying with my girlfriend until late July (for those who didnāt know, Iām from the UK), and had planned to have a fun-packed few months together here, and then sheād come back to the UK with me. However, not too long after I arrived, her workplace decided to cut her - and a handful of staffās - hours in half without warning, effective straight away.
Iāve been helping as much as possible (I canāt work over here on a tourist Visa without breaking the law), but despite cutting all unnecessary costs, money is kinda slowly melting away as we struggle to even pay rent, let alone afford to do fun things together. Iāve had to tell my mum back in England to put a few things up for sale, Iāve had to cancel on a convention I had planned on going to in August, and weāre pretty much surviving on beans on toast and tap water. Okay thatās a slight exaggeration, but the point is weāre being as strict with our grocery costs as possible. Iām going to look for a job on top of my fairly-low music income once I get home, but I canāt do anything while Iām still here aside from trying very hard to help her find a second job. Alas, everywhere weāve tried is saying āweāll let you know in a few weeksā, which might be fine in a few weeks, but it also might be āno, sorryā in a few weeks, in which case we both will definitely not be fine in a few weeks.
Oh also on top of all this, my phone recently seems to have contracted a terrible case of āDeadā. So thatās nice.
I hate to have to do this, I really do. Iām pretty stubborn with being able to fend for myself, but at this point, at least while Iām not in my home country, any help would be incrediblyā¦ well, helpful. So if youāre able, hereās some ways you can do just that:
Donate! This one is super direct and the most immediately helpful, and any amount is welcome.
You can do that here ā > https://www.paypal.me/generalmumble
Buy some of my music! This one is also quite immediately helpful, and you get things in return, but the funds take 1-2 days to reach me and I get 85% of them, which is still great, but thatās just an fyi. You can choose how much to pay for pretty much everything, even the free stuff. My entire discography when grabbed in bulk is always 50% off, too.
You can do that here ā> http://mumbleetc.com/
Commission me for some music! Iām a little hesitant but also excited about this one, since Iāve never actually done commission work before, and Iām not good at working to hyper-specific rules, but if you like what I do, and are willing to give me a decent amount of freedom to make something for you (something like music for a game youāre working on would be ideal, but hit me up), then Iām open to this. Iām also not really sure how much to charge for this sort of thing, but I usually take about 5-7 hours to finish a piece, so idk, something like $50-70. Maybe. Iām not sure yet.
You can enquire about that here on tumblr through my ask box or however this site works these days (Iāll reply privately obviously - no anonymous asks please), or on my twitter (preferred) (https://twitter.com/generalmumble). Please note that Iām not going to overload myself on this one, so Iāll probably only take on 1-2 things at once for now, especially while abroad with considerably less tools than my home setup.
Buy some of my girlfriendās things on Teepublic! Sheās a really good artist, and some day in the future when Iām not financially dying Iām gonna be grabbing myself one of her āSquid Squadā tees. You can get those designs on more than just tees too - stickers, mugs, phone cases, whatever.
Do that here ā> https://www.teepublic.com/user/koakowski
Commission my girlfriend! She makes music as well as art! You can hit her up on twitter to enquire about that here ā> https://twitter.com/yourKoa
Become my patron on Patreon! This oneās a monthly payment kinda deal where you can get some cool goodies (sample packs, stems, all my music, CDs, Discord server access, tutorials, other stuff), and your first payment immediately goes into my account so itās pretty direct. This one also helps me sustain myself in the future too!
You can do that here ā> https://www.patreon.com/mumbleetc
And finally, if youāre unable to help directly with finances (or honestly even if you are able to help), you can reblog this post so itās more likely to be seen and kept alive a little longer.
Thank you for reading this far, and thank you for any support you can give, and honestly any that you may have given up until this point in time to.
Lots of love and thanks again <3
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