I never thought this would happen...thank you all so much for making me the happiest person in the world. The last two years have been the wildest of my whole life, and not a day went by where your support didn't make me smile, even on the darkest of days.
But enough talk about the past. Let's talk about the FUTURE!
I was planning to have a very special release celebrating 10K: An original music video, fully animated and completely unrelated to Undertale or Deltarune. THAT WILL STILL HAPPEN. I just didn't expect 10K to come so soon! So it's going to be a bit before that's ready; please be patient while I spend the time to make sure that is as good as possible! It's gonna be scary releasing something that's fully, 100% me...but I hope you like it.
Instead, for this monumental milestone, I'm going to be uploading a rip of a certain Chapter 3 song. In a way, it fits much better as a celebration video, as it is a sort of representation and culmination of my channel up til now, going all the way back to the beginning. I'll get that out as soon as possible; be on the lookout!
The next few months are going to be awesome, mark my words. I'm feeling more inspired than ever, and I want to spend every possible moment doing exactly this.
Thanks again for coming with me on this amazing journey; you definitely won't be disappointed...
9000 subscribers!!! ...wait what do you mean it's 9200 already???
Thank you so much everybody, seriously. The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind for me, and I've barely had any time to process all of this. I can't express in words how much this means to me. This is my favorite thing to do, and I'm so lucky that I get to share that joy with others. It's like some king of...joy of creation...
In other news...Deltarune Tomorrow! That is to say, the new Deltarune chapters are almost here, and I've been hard at work making the channel's transition as smooth as possible. Like I mentioned in my initial announcement about it, I'm planning to do:
- A blind playthrough of each chapter (super nervous to put my actual voice out there but I'm practicing!) - Video essays/analyses of the new music and what it tells us about the characters and story (and it looks like I'll have help on this! More details to follow...) - Rips of UT/DR songs I already have, using the melodies/themes in the new chapters
Eventually I'll be able to make rips of the new songs themselves (e.g. "Vs Tenna but it's Mike's Cowboy Crumble"), but that will take a while, and I don't want you to have to wait that long! So I'm working really hard to make sure I can immediately do cool things with the new chapters, even if it's stuff I've never done before.
I can't wait to show you everything I'm working on. Big plans in the works! Hope you will stick along for the wild ride...
Thanks again for making me the luckiest person ever. You are awesome and I hope to make you even 1% as happy as you've made me!
I genuinely can't believe I'm saying that. I'm so thankful to everyone that's joined, and I really hope you'll like what I have in store for you!
I've been very hard at work preparing for the new Deltarune chapters. Life is sort of crazy right now but I am on fire and making more stuff than I've ever made before. I have a ton of things to prepare and I'm doing my best to gain brand new skills!
In celebration of reaching 8k subscribers, I have a very special video coming in a few hours. I put a ton of effort into this and I hope you enjoy it as much as I loved making it!
SO...we finally have a release date for Chapters 3 and 4! I am beyond excited for this. Paul Tarsus being a Deltarune fan? Who could have guessed...
But with this announcement come some interesting implications for the future of my channel. Once the new chapters drop, nobody (including myself lol) is gonna care about rips/remixes from Undertale or previous Deltarune chapters. And yet...good recreations of Ch 3+4 music take time. So what do I do?
One solution is obvious: Make rips of the older songs with the melodies and motifs of the new songs. "[TENNA]'S BIG SHOT", "MIKE'S HOPES AND DREAMS", that sort of thing.
The other solution...well color me orange cause it takes a lot of Bravery.
Music breakdowns. Motif analyses. Watch out Andrew Cunningham -- I'm coming for you.
This means doing a LOT stuff I've never done before. Yes, that includes using my voice for the first time (canonically). It's very scary to me, cause I'm naturally a private person. But as I've slowly revealed more of myself (first with original covers, then my actual irl hands), you’ve all been nothing but supportive. This is a really special opportunity, and I don't want to waste it.
So! What does this mean for release day? What amazing things will happen on June 5th?
...
...
* The talking heart disappeared when you weren't looking. * You glance back at where it was. * On the ground is a note. * You pick it up. * The handwriting is messy, but you can still make it out:
I'm so lucky; you are all amazing. Not just the rapidly-growing sub count, but also the RECEPTION to my stuff has been absolutely incredible. I was really nervous about uploading an original cover, but the reaction was so much better than I could have hoped for, and I have YOU to thank for that.
Coming soon...lots of new stuff! Brand new rips, as always, but I also plan to make new covers every so often. I can't wait for you to hear what I have in store!
Also, it just so happens that April Fools' Day lands on a Tuesday this year, which is when I upload! Because of this, I'm gonna be trying something VERY different, and we'll see how it goes. If it doesn't work out, hey, it's just an April Fools' prank, right?
......but if it goes the way I hope it will......
Oh, and for those who have read this far, today's video to celebrate 7K will be the combination of my two favorite Toby Fox songs of all time. Enjoy...!
Y'all are unbelievable. Thank you so much, seriously. I've got a very unique video going up in three hours to celebrate (lots of effort in both the music and the visuals), and I have major plans in the works for other content.
As for the Youtube membership idea I floated in the last community post, it sounds like most of you are supportive of that! So I'll be working in the background to get that up and running. Youtube's implemented a "members first" option for videos, so if I can figure out how to make that work, that sounds to me like a good way to offer perks! Members would get access on Mondays/Thursdays, with everyone else getting the videos on Tuesdays/Fridays like normal.
Like I mentioned before, my #1 priority with designing extra support options is to not take away anything people are currently enjoying. I've seen too many creators fall into that trap, and I know it really sucks as a viewer to have something you like suddenly gatekept behind a paywall. I am resolved to prevent that from happening.
And...that's it, I think! Thanks again for all the positive comments on every video; even if I can't heart everyone's comments, know that I read every single comment (even on old videos) and I appreciate them all. Y'all have legitimately changed my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
This is so unreal to me. I am overwhelmingly grateful for every single person that's decided to join me on this journey. There is nothing in the world I'd rather do than this, and it's thanks to you this dream is becoming reality.
This is NOT just a celebration, however!!! I am looking for some FEEDBACK, if you're willing to give it...
I personally listen to music exclusively on Youtube, but I've had more than a few requests to upload on Spotify, Soundcloud, etc.
The trouble is that I would really, really like to turn this into something I can do full time. I get to do what I love, you get more/better content faster...sounds like a win/win, right?
Well...monetization on other platforms is slim to none. The amount Spotify pays artists is a literal joke. I already have to deal with people downloading and reuploading my music on other platforms without my consent, and cannibalizing Youtube viewers by hosting music on different platforms that are completely unmonetized makes no sense. It'd be fine if I wasn't taking this seriously, but I'm trying to be smart and sustainable, y'know?
However, I know that one thing that a lot of people would like is UNCOMPRESSED music. Spotify and Soundcloud do technically compress, but not nearly as much as Youtube.
So what I've been thinking about is creating a Patreon or something similar (Youtube Memberships, maybe???) that would allow me to upload raw .wav files of my music to something like Dropbox or Google Drive, then share the link with all members.
This would be completely uncompressed for anyone that feels like supporting what I do (as well as secret future projects I'm working on).
It seems like a potentially good balance to me, cause regular viewers aren't LOSING anything by doing this, but anyone who wants to show a bit of extra support can get access to the uncompressed, raw files.
To repeat, this would change ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for everyone that watches normally. You get the same content of the same quality, maybe a bit more often if I get enough support to spend more time on this than I already do. This would just be a way to help me maybe make this into an actual career.
Lemme know what you think! Would you sign up for this if I launched it? Would you be supportive, but not do it yourself? Do you hate the idea and think I should just keep doing what I'm doing already?
In the end, I just want to do what makes everyone happy. I've never done anything like this before and am kinda just trying to figure it out while looking at what has worked (and NOT worked) for others in the past.
Happy 5K and here's to many more! Thank you from the bottom of my heart-with-flowey's-face.
Thank you all so much; I can hardly believe my eyes. It feels like we just hit 3K a few weeks ago...probably because we did!
To celebrate, I have a bit of a special video going up in a few hours. I tried something very different with it. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but the only way to know is to find out! I hope you like it!
The results are in! Thank you everyone for voting! I...don't think you can actually close polls on Youtube, but for all intents and purposes the poll is over.
The results were actually closer than I thought, but in the end, NO sound effects won!
I saw a lot of people suggesting that I add SFX and upload an unlisted version with just the music. While that's not a bad idea, for various reasons (algorithm and otherwise) that would be harmful to my channel, not to mention the extra work that it would be to make two separate versions.
That said...I actually have a plan for something similar! I'm working on something that will allow me to offer high quality .wav versions of my remixes, free of Youtube's compression. It's not ready yet, but I'm working on it!
Thank you to everyone that shared your feedback. Whether you voted or commented, whether your preference won or lost...I can't thank you enough for helping me make better videos for you!
New video going up tomorrow; Jevil fans gonna be eating good with this one 👍
(Btw I didn't heart any comments on the poll cause I didn't want to show a preference for one side or the other; that's over now lol y'all are awesome thank you so much ❤️)
Paul Tarsus
10K!
10,000!!
TEN THOUSAND!!!!?!?!?!!
I never thought this would happen...thank you all so much for making me the happiest person in the world. The last two years have been the wildest of my whole life, and not a day went by where your support didn't make me smile, even on the darkest of days.
But enough talk about the past. Let's talk about the FUTURE!
I was planning to have a very special release celebrating 10K: An original music video, fully animated and completely unrelated to Undertale or Deltarune. THAT WILL STILL HAPPEN. I just didn't expect 10K to come so soon! So it's going to be a bit before that's ready; please be patient while I spend the time to make sure that is as good as possible! It's gonna be scary releasing something that's fully, 100% me...but I hope you like it.
Instead, for this monumental milestone, I'm going to be uploading a rip of a certain Chapter 3 song. In a way, it fits much better as a celebration video, as it is a sort of representation and culmination of my channel up til now, going all the way back to the beginning. I'll get that out as soon as possible; be on the lookout!
The next few months are going to be awesome, mark my words. I'm feeling more inspired than ever, and I want to spend every possible moment doing exactly this.
Thanks again for coming with me on this amazing journey; you definitely won't be disappointed...
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Deltarune Tomorrow
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9000 subscribers!!! ...wait what do you mean it's 9200 already???
Thank you so much everybody, seriously. The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind for me, and I've barely had any time to process all of this. I can't express in words how much this means to me. This is my favorite thing to do, and I'm so lucky that I get to share that joy with others. It's like some king of...joy of creation...
In other news...Deltarune Tomorrow! That is to say, the new Deltarune chapters are almost here, and I've been hard at work making the channel's transition as smooth as possible. Like I mentioned in my initial announcement about it, I'm planning to do:
- A blind playthrough of each chapter (super nervous to put my actual voice out there but I'm practicing!)
- Video essays/analyses of the new music and what it tells us about the characters and story (and it looks like I'll have help on this! More details to follow...)
- Rips of UT/DR songs I already have, using the melodies/themes in the new chapters
Eventually I'll be able to make rips of the new songs themselves (e.g. "Vs Tenna but it's Mike's Cowboy Crumble"), but that will take a while, and I don't want you to have to wait that long! So I'm working really hard to make sure I can immediately do cool things with the new chapters, even if it's stuff I've never done before.
I can't wait to show you everything I'm working on. Big plans in the works! Hope you will stick along for the wild ride...
Thanks again for making me the luckiest person ever. You are awesome and I hope to make you even 1% as happy as you've made me!
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Paul Tarsus
8K!!!!!!
I genuinely can't believe I'm saying that. I'm so thankful to everyone that's joined, and I really hope you'll like what I have in store for you!
I've been very hard at work preparing for the new Deltarune chapters. Life is sort of crazy right now but I am on fire and making more stuff than I've ever made before. I have a ton of things to prepare and I'm doing my best to gain brand new skills!
In celebration of reaching 8k subscribers, I have a very special video coming in a few hours. I put a ton of effort into this and I hope you enjoy it as much as I loved making it!
4 months ago | [YT] | 529
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Paul Tarsus
Alright. Let's talk.
SO...we finally have a release date for Chapters 3 and 4! I am beyond excited for this. Paul Tarsus being a Deltarune fan? Who could have guessed...
But with this announcement come some interesting implications for the future of my channel. Once the new chapters drop, nobody (including myself lol) is gonna care about rips/remixes from Undertale or previous Deltarune chapters. And yet...good recreations of Ch 3+4 music take time. So what do I do?
One solution is obvious: Make rips of the older songs with the melodies and motifs of the new songs. "[TENNA]'S BIG SHOT", "MIKE'S HOPES AND DREAMS", that sort of thing.
The other solution...well color me orange cause it takes a lot of Bravery.
Music breakdowns. Motif analyses. Watch out Andrew Cunningham -- I'm coming for you.
This means doing a LOT stuff I've never done before. Yes, that includes using my voice for the first time (canonically). It's very scary to me, cause I'm naturally a private person. But as I've slowly revealed more of myself (first with original covers, then my actual irl hands), you’ve all been nothing but supportive. This is a really special opportunity, and I don't want to waste it.
So! What does this mean for release day? What amazing things will happen on June 5th?
...
...
* The talking heart disappeared when you weren't looking.
* You glance back at where it was.
* On the ground is a note.
* You pick it up.
* The handwriting is messy, but you can still make it out:
* "DELTARUNE CHAPTER 3 + 4 BLIND PLAYTHROUGH"
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Paul Tarsus
7000 SUBSCRIBERS!!!!!!!!!
I'm so lucky; you are all amazing. Not just the rapidly-growing sub count, but also the RECEPTION to my stuff has been absolutely incredible. I was really nervous about uploading an original cover, but the reaction was so much better than I could have hoped for, and I have YOU to thank for that.
Coming soon...lots of new stuff! Brand new rips, as always, but I also plan to make new covers every so often. I can't wait for you to hear what I have in store!
Also, it just so happens that April Fools' Day lands on a Tuesday this year, which is when I upload! Because of this, I'm gonna be trying something VERY different, and we'll see how it goes. If it doesn't work out, hey, it's just an April Fools' prank, right?
......but if it goes the way I hope it will......
Oh, and for those who have read this far, today's video to celebrate 7K will be the combination of my two favorite Toby Fox songs of all time. Enjoy...!
5 months ago | [YT] | 335
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Paul Tarsus
6000 SUBSCRIBERS!!!!
Y'all are unbelievable. Thank you so much, seriously. I've got a very unique video going up in three hours to celebrate (lots of effort in both the music and the visuals), and I have major plans in the works for other content.
As for the Youtube membership idea I floated in the last community post, it sounds like most of you are supportive of that! So I'll be working in the background to get that up and running. Youtube's implemented a "members first" option for videos, so if I can figure out how to make that work, that sounds to me like a good way to offer perks! Members would get access on Mondays/Thursdays, with everyone else getting the videos on Tuesdays/Fridays like normal.
Like I mentioned before, my #1 priority with designing extra support options is to not take away anything people are currently enjoying. I've seen too many creators fall into that trap, and I know it really sucks as a viewer to have something you like suddenly gatekept behind a paywall. I am resolved to prevent that from happening.
And...that's it, I think! Thanks again for all the positive comments on every video; even if I can't heart everyone's comments, know that I read every single comment (even on old videos) and I appreciate them all. Y'all have legitimately changed my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I'll see you soon!
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Paul Tarsus
5000 SUBSCRIBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is so unreal to me. I am overwhelmingly grateful for every single person that's decided to join me on this journey. There is nothing in the world I'd rather do than this, and it's thanks to you this dream is becoming reality.
This is NOT just a celebration, however!!! I am looking for some FEEDBACK, if you're willing to give it...
I personally listen to music exclusively on Youtube, but I've had more than a few requests to upload on Spotify, Soundcloud, etc.
The trouble is that I would really, really like to turn this into something I can do full time. I get to do what I love, you get more/better content faster...sounds like a win/win, right?
Well...monetization on other platforms is slim to none. The amount Spotify pays artists is a literal joke. I already have to deal with people downloading and reuploading my music on other platforms without my consent, and cannibalizing Youtube viewers by hosting music on different platforms that are completely unmonetized makes no sense. It'd be fine if I wasn't taking this seriously, but I'm trying to be smart and sustainable, y'know?
However, I know that one thing that a lot of people would like is UNCOMPRESSED music. Spotify and Soundcloud do technically compress, but not nearly as much as Youtube.
So what I've been thinking about is creating a Patreon or something similar (Youtube Memberships, maybe???) that would allow me to upload raw .wav files of my music to something like Dropbox or Google Drive, then share the link with all members.
This would be completely uncompressed for anyone that feels like supporting what I do (as well as secret future projects I'm working on).
It seems like a potentially good balance to me, cause regular viewers aren't LOSING anything by doing this, but anyone who wants to show a bit of extra support can get access to the uncompressed, raw files.
To repeat, this would change ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for everyone that watches normally. You get the same content of the same quality, maybe a bit more often if I get enough support to spend more time on this than I already do. This would just be a way to help me maybe make this into an actual career.
Lemme know what you think! Would you sign up for this if I launched it? Would you be supportive, but not do it yourself? Do you hate the idea and think I should just keep doing what I'm doing already?
In the end, I just want to do what makes everyone happy. I've never done anything like this before and am kinda just trying to figure it out while looking at what has worked (and NOT worked) for others in the past.
Happy 5K and here's to many more! Thank you from the bottom of my heart-with-flowey's-face.
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Paul Tarsus
4,000 SUBSCRIBERS?!?!?!?!
Thank you all so much; I can hardly believe my eyes. It feels like we just hit 3K a few weeks ago...probably because we did!
To celebrate, I have a bit of a special video going up in a few hours. I tried something very different with it. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but the only way to know is to find out! I hope you like it!
10 months ago | [YT] | 277
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Paul Tarsus
The results are in! Thank you everyone for voting!
I...don't think you can actually close polls on Youtube, but for all intents and purposes the poll is over.
The results were actually closer than I thought, but in the end, NO sound effects won!
I saw a lot of people suggesting that I add SFX and upload an unlisted version with just the music.
While that's not a bad idea, for various reasons (algorithm and otherwise) that would be harmful to my channel, not to mention the extra work that it would be to make two separate versions.
That said...I actually have a plan for something similar! I'm working on something that will allow me to offer high quality .wav versions of my remixes, free of Youtube's compression. It's not ready yet, but I'm working on it!
Thank you to everyone that shared your feedback. Whether you voted or commented, whether your preference won or lost...I can't thank you enough for helping me make better videos for you!
New video going up tomorrow; Jevil fans gonna be eating good with this one 👍
(Btw I didn't heart any comments on the poll cause I didn't want to show a preference for one side or the other; that's over now lol y'all are awesome thank you so much ❤️)
10 months ago | [YT] | 132
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