WEBVTT - The future of Midnight Chats?

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<v Speaker 1>Evening everyone. Greg here, I'll keep this as short and

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<v Speaker 1>sweet as I can. She and I have been making

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<v Speaker 1>midnight chats for just over four years now. The series

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<v Speaker 1>we've just finished has taken us into the nineties in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of the amount of episodes we've done, and we

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<v Speaker 1>love making it. If you're a regular listener, you'll have

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<v Speaker 1>heard us plug Loud and Quiet. Loud and Quiet is

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<v Speaker 1>the independent music magazine, website, live events thing that we

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<v Speaker 1>do alongside making this and other podcasts. It's where the

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<v Speaker 1>idea for this podcast came from. And like so many

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<v Speaker 1>other people in the creative industries, the coronavirus pandemic has

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<v Speaker 1>hit business pretty hard day to day. Most of what

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<v Speaker 1>we do is supported by advertising. In the music world,

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<v Speaker 1>with venues shut tours, postponed, festivals, off releases, pushback. We

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<v Speaker 1>saw all of our revenue you disappear almost instantly, and

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<v Speaker 1>when this is done, we know that it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>take a while for it to return, if it does

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<v Speaker 1>at all. The Loud and Quiet started as a homemade

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<v Speaker 1>music scene in a spare bedroom fifteen years ago. It's

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<v Speaker 1>lasted this long because of passion, a lot of hard work,

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<v Speaker 1>and bit of luck. Along the way. For years, we've

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<v Speaker 1>known that the advertising funded model that we've got is

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<v Speaker 1>vulnerable and undependable, which is why we've been trying to

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<v Speaker 1>build up our subscribers the past few years and that's

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<v Speaker 1>been a really massive help. But the truth is we

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<v Speaker 1>don't have enough yet to make up the shortfall, support

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<v Speaker 1>what we do and secure our future. So to get

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<v Speaker 1>to the point today, we've announced a new subscriber bundle.

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<v Speaker 1>It's available all over the world wherever you're listening to this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fifty pounds for the whole year, and for that

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<v Speaker 1>you'll get every new magazine that we've a brand new

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<v Speaker 1>special edition fifteen years of Loud and Quiet zine special

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<v Speaker 1>that we've been making in lockdown, downloadable digital editions of

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<v Speaker 1>the magazine, super cool bookmark, a die cast logo pin,

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<v Speaker 1>plus our subscriber playlist that we make, and entry into

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<v Speaker 1>our monthly draw to win our album of the month

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<v Speaker 1>on final If you go to Loud and Quiet dot

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<v Speaker 1>com you can see it, and I think it looks

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<v Speaker 1>pretty cool. So if you've enjoyed listening to midnight chats,

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<v Speaker 1>or want to support independent music journalism or discover some

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<v Speaker 1>new music, please do consider becoming a subscriber funds not

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<v Speaker 1>just the magazine but us making this podcast too, so

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<v Speaker 1>please check it out. It's Loud and Quiet dot com,

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<v Speaker 1>and thank you for listening.