Jarrod Kailef is creating
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Epic Rock Radio - The best (and most expensive to operate) Power and Progressive radio station in the world!
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Milestone Goals
Cover one-half of the total monthly cost of running Epic Rock Radio
Back in the "old days" Epic Rock Radio cost us $25 dollars a month. Those days are long gone! By reaching one-half of our $600 monthly operating costs, this would help us tremendously.
Cover the entire monthly cost of running Epic Rock Radio
This is the level I'm hoping that we can reach. By reaching the $600 mark, all of the basic expenses (other than album purchases) such as hosting, bandwidth and RIAA fees will be covered. We'll still be working several hours a day to manage and maintain the station, but at least we won't be paying hundreds of dollars a month plus working for free!
Pay my staff!
Nobody's going to get rich, but if we are able to reach $1000 per month I will be able to pay my hard working volunteer staff! My lead administrator, who goes by the moniker of ~V~, works harder than anyone else to keep Epic Rock Radio running. Despite her having serious health issues including cancer, she's continued to work hard every day to keep us the biggest and best in the world. I think she deserves something besides a "thank you" for all her hard work.
About
I'm Jarrod Kailef, the owner and operator of Epic Rock Radio, the largest power, progressive, and symphonic metal web radio station in the world.
(Of course that's not saying much, we might be the ONLY power, progressive, and symphonic metal radio station in the world)
Still, we've got tens of thousands of listeners, and I'm happy to be supporting one of my favorite artists on our station, PelleK, here at Patreon.
(Of course that's not saying much, we might be the ONLY power, progressive, and symphonic metal radio station in the world)
Still, we've got tens of thousands of listeners, and I'm happy to be supporting one of my favorite artists on our station, PelleK, here at Patreon.
Location
Palm Springs, CA, USA
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Epic Rock Radio has been around since July of 2004. Since it's inception, it's undergone so many changes that it isn't even recognizable from what it was back then. It started out as a way for me to listen to my favorite genre of music, that being Power and Progressive rock and metal, while at work. Ten years later, we've grown and changed, and are now (as far as I am aware) the largest and most popular Power/Prog Internet radio station in the world!
We have helped many new artists get discovered, sell their albums, and in many cases get signed by record labels. We review albums, interview artists, are in general the "go to" resource on the Internet for fans of the Prog/Power rock and metal genre to gather, chat, and share information and sometimes even talk with the artists themselves.
Sounds like we've got it made, right? From a popularity and content standpoint, yes. But, we have a problem. We've become so popular that the costs of our web hosting, streaming bandwidth, and per-play royalties to the Recording Industry Association of America are becoming more than I can handle on my own. It takes several hours each day for my staff and I to manage and maintain the station, and it's starting to be a financial hardship.
On the Epic Rock Radio website, we've always had a few donation links, but with the exception of a once-per-day audio sweeper that asks listeners to donate, we've never really pushed the idea. That's where Patreon comes in!
We're hoping that the great people who frequent Patreon and the thousands of regular listeners that we have might consider donating a little bit of money each month to help keep us up and running! We'll be using the donated money to help offset all of the surprisingly high costs of running the station, so that we can continue to provide all of the great services to artists and listeners alike.
We have helped many new artists get discovered, sell their albums, and in many cases get signed by record labels. We review albums, interview artists, are in general the "go to" resource on the Internet for fans of the Prog/Power rock and metal genre to gather, chat, and share information and sometimes even talk with the artists themselves.
Sounds like we've got it made, right? From a popularity and content standpoint, yes. But, we have a problem. We've become so popular that the costs of our web hosting, streaming bandwidth, and per-play royalties to the Recording Industry Association of America are becoming more than I can handle on my own. It takes several hours each day for my staff and I to manage and maintain the station, and it's starting to be a financial hardship.
On the Epic Rock Radio website, we've always had a few donation links, but with the exception of a once-per-day audio sweeper that asks listeners to donate, we've never really pushed the idea. That's where Patreon comes in!
We're hoping that the great people who frequent Patreon and the thousands of regular listeners that we have might consider donating a little bit of money each month to help keep us up and running! We'll be using the donated money to help offset all of the surprisingly high costs of running the station, so that we can continue to provide all of the great services to artists and listeners alike.