Andrew Hickey

I've been writing for several years, and many people have told me they enjoy my writing. I've published more than twenty books, with more on the way, on all kinds of subjects. However, this Patreon mostly supports my podcast -- A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs, which can be found at 500songs.com . Among other things, backers will get a ten-minute bonus podcast every week -- a brief look at a song that's not in my main podcast. If you're a backer and want to listen to these, go to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/AndrewHickey/membership">patreon.com/AndrewHickey/membership</a> and scroll down to &quot;My Benefits&quot;. There should be a link there saying &quot;Private RSS Link&quot;. Paste that into your podcast app, and you should get all the bonus episodes the same way you get the regular episodes -- though they'll be labelled as &quot;Andrew Hickey&quot; rather than &quot;A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs&quot;. I guarantee that my podcasts will always be available for free (except for Patreon bonus episodes), will always have text versions for those who prefer to read, and will never have a load of waffle about what I've been up to before I get to the point. I gather this is rare in podcasting. Also I will never pivot to video. (I will also try to keep the podcasts ad-free, but I reserve the right to start doing ads if I don't get enough backers for it to be viable). If you fund me, I will put out an episode of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs as often as possible (I'm aiming for every week, but with the stresses of the pandemic that has not always been possible) and publish as many books as I can, in both paper and ebook format. All Patreon backers over $5 a month will get these for free. I may also publish additional work that is not covered directly by this Patreon, though I will attempt to ensure that Patreon backers have access to that work at discounted or otherwise special rates (though this will depend on publishers being willing). Backers at $5 a month have access to ebooks of many of my old books, which can be found at https://www.patreon.com/AndrewHickey?filters[tag]=ebooks . Backers at higher levels also get paper copies of new books as they come out (to be clear, they only get new books when one is released, backing me at $10 for one month doesn't get you paper copies of twenty books ;) ) Those blog posts and books will vary in topic between comics, vintage TV, fiction, music, and politics. I am very willing to take the opinions of my Patreon backers into account when deciding on the proper balance of these and other topics. I plan also to publish book versions of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs in installments every year. Backers at the $5 and above levels will get this.

Free

All $1 per month backers get my sincere thanks, along with access to regular bonus podcasts, occasional streaming playlists with liner notes, blog posts, plus occasional other stuff.

Thanks and Bonus Podcasts

Along with the bonus podcasts and everything else available to $1 backers, $5 or more backers will receive free ebook copies of any new self-published books I put out, as well as access to older ebooks, including the ebooks based on the podcast.

Ebooks and Bonus Podcasts

Along with the bonus podcasts, $10 backers will get free paperback copies of any new self-published books I put out, as well as all the benefits of the $1 and $5 tiers, including all the ebooks and bonus podcasts.Please note that $10 backers will only receive physical copies of new books when they're published, but do have access to all the older books as ebooks.

Paperbacks

Along with the bonus podcasts, $15 backers will receive free hardback copies  of any new self-published books I put out, including the hardback book versions of the 500 Songs podcast, as well as all the benefits of the $1 and $5 tiers, including all the ebooks and bonus podcasts.Please note that $15 backers will only receive physical copies of new books when they're published, but do have access to all the older books as ebooks. Also note that as the size of the books based on the podcasts has been increasing, future volumes (after volume three of the series, which will definitely get a hardback release) might not be feasible to publish in hardback due to physical binding constraints. If that becomes the case, hardback-tier backers will receive a paperback, plus some other special gift to be determined.

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