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Hi everyone! Thanks for joining & subscribing!

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Don't put too much pressure on yourself to share in real time. By observing we'd change things. I'd rather you be free to create and just give us a peek behind the curtain at the end.

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Oh Colin, always giving us a new vocabulary word!

Paracosm:

1. (noun) a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history/

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I really enjoyed the Mandolin Streams...and would gladly pony up for more more of those!

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Mar 29, 2022·edited Mar 29, 2022Liked by Colin Meloy

What a delight! Couldn't sign up fast enough! Even gifted my Bandit King (husband) a subscription, so he wouldn't use mine :)

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Psyched to see this new content - similar to some comments here I wasn’t sure what becoming a *Founding Member* might entail so I signed up yearly…if there is any incremental benefit…llama blog, best ways to clean eyeglasses…whatever - I’d be likely to upgrade

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Just this weekend I started writing my first song by accidentally stumbling upon your first two chords from Devil's Elbow. You're a huge inspiration to me.

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Hmm, was it worth it just to get an email that says "Welcome to The Machine"? Maybe.

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I also would like to know what the perks are (if any) for founding members. And I love this idea.

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glad to be onboard. I feel in some small way, I have a taste of what it's like to be in the Decemberists: my two year old son requires I sing the Mariner's Revenge Song almost every night to sleep by. I _may_ be the only human to have sung it as much as you.

Very much looking forward to this.

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Glad to be a new paying member. I am really looking forward to the lyrics analysis. Thanks so much for answering my question about On The Bus Mall during the Mandolin stream night 1. My friend and I really love your music.

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Very excited for this! Is there anything special you receive if you pay for the founding member subscription?

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Thank you Colin, what a great idea.

My son was asking just the other day if there was a new Wildwood book. One day?

Would do founders to hear a full work up of Dracula’s Daughter.

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Thanks for doing this... and for nudging me a little closer to burning all my social media accounts in a big bonfire

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Really excited for this! Was just thinking last week how much I'd like to see the writing process especially with how many songs are full-blown stories

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Excited to be here!

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