A biography for Jack Contehasn’t been written yet.
“It's so embarrassing to just not feel valued as a creative person.”
“I've started thinking of all my inbox trays almost like a social media feed. I'm not going to get to everything, but if it's really important, I will.”
“If I can get 2,200 people to give me $2 a video, and I come out with a video a month, it becomes a good income.”
“When I created my Patreon page, I knew the fans of my music would support me. I've met them on tour and I've seen their comments on Twitter and Facebook. I'm out there making relationships, so I should benefit the most, right?”
“When I was 6 my dad taught me the blues scale, and I started writing songs and improvising.”
“Everybody wants to be able to enjoy beautiful things.”
“Art is one of those few legal monopolies. If you want to listen to Prince, Mick Jagger doesn't do. Nothing else in the world can satisfy that urge. It's not replaceable, it's not hot swappable. It's not a commodity.”
“In a perfect world, art and commerce, I think, could be in vacuums and coexist in full purity.”
“Successful musicians are entrepreneurs - they work hard, way beyond 9 to 5.”
“At the end of almost every video in my YouTube catalog since Patreon's launch, I talk about my work at the company.”
“I got to compose for a full symphony orchestra.”
“I really like incorporating noise music into pop.”
“Taking occasional risks, I'm a strong proponent of that.”
“A lot of people hear the Pomplamoose story and think the moral of the story is to post your stuff on YouTube. I don't think that's the moral at all. The moral is, go where the people are, and be innovative and different. Make something unusual.”
“The music world is a big world, and chances that you're going to happen to know somebody are slim. Pomplamoose really just got lucky in that we got a connection at iTunes.”
“The interesting thing about membership is that it's, by its nature, a very emotional transaction. It's a tie to an artist. It feels like voting with your dollars: I'm voting with my spending, voting for the creator.”
“Know your goals - it will help guide your decisions.”
“We want Patreon to be safe, and we have no tolerance for hate speech. That's something I think other platforms have been behind on. They've been allowing their platforms to become toxic places. We don't want that. I don't feel apologetic about that at all.”
“We're hyper-focused on providing the business infrastructure to allow creators to be successful in growing and running their businesses.”
“There's a history of artists being taken advantage of, and artists have to keep criticizing and keep skepticism at a high level. I think that's mission critical. Artists have to be educated, and choose wisely and watch platforms carefully.”