join the patreon & get my new album beautiful Machine (FREE!)
👇 Press play & listen to the (unreleased 🙊) title track from the new Beautiful Machine album while you scroll 🎶
No, I’m not crazy! Let me explain….
I’ll be releasing my new album Beautiful Machine next year (on the 6th of March, to be precise)
We just finished recording it and, if I dare say so myself, it’s bloody brilliant.
So, I want as many people as possible to have it.
I also want as many people as possible to be part of my Patreon community.
Partly because it’s just so warm and fuzzy in there - I truly love the connection we create ❤️ and, partly because I need support to fuel the ongoing journey that is Traversing The Current Music and Economic Landscape as a Self Managed Independent Artist Without Rich Parents.
So, here is my offer to you. dear reader 👇
The new album Beautiful Machine is due for release Friday 6th March, 2026.
When we’re finished mixing and mastering (mid December) I’ll share the entire album (as a digital download + private streaming link) with EVERYONE on any paid level of my Patreon 🎉 That’s THREE MONTHS EARLY!
So, if you’re not yet in my Patreon community, you need to join ($5 p/mth) before midnight 7th December to get the album early access.
Then, mid - late February, when the album is pressed on CD and Vinyl I’ll be posting out free copies of the CD and Vinyl to my Patreon members.
WHAT!?
If you want the CD, join the $10 p/mth tier. I’ll send you Beautiful Machine on CD before it’s released publicly. I’ll even pay postage.
If you want the Vinyl, join the $20 p/mth tier. I’ll send you Beautiful Machine on Vinyl before it’s released publicly. Yep, I’ll pay postage for this one too.
And, if you want to take it to a whole other level, join the $70 p/mth tier. I’ll send you Beautiful Machine on CD + Vinyl AND I’ll give you two VIP tickets each time I play a headline show in your town - or anywhere you’re willing to travel to. Basically, free tickets wherever you want, for as long as you’re a patron.
And, no matter what membership level you choose to join, I’ll add your name in the liner notes of the album to say THANKYOU 🙏
Why am I doing this? Because this album is amazing, and I want you to have it. And because I believe in the power of a community of people backing a project & artist they believe in.
The money I earn from Patreon goes straight back into fueling tours, sharing my work and making more of it. It’s literally the life force that keeps everything going.
To get Beautiful Machine out into the world I still have to pay:
🎶 $4687+ in producer & mastering fees
🎨 $1000 (approx) CD & Vinyl art. I won’t know the final amount until mid December
✈️ an insane amount of upfront tour costs including flights, accomodation and marketing (so expensive but so necessary). Like, were talking tens of thousands of dollars. And I tour on a budget! So no amount of people joining Patreon will be too many! I need it all to go out and share these songs (I’ll be touring a lot in 2026 🙌) ❤️
There’s also the cost of pressing it on CD & Vinyl but I’m going to do a seperate crowdfunding campaign early next year to help raise the money for that. So many campaigns 🫠
So, I hope that this inspires you to join - especially if you want to hear the album three months early and double especially if you love holding music in your hands, reading through the lyrics booklet and owning a piece of the story 🫶
And TRIPLE especially if you want to be part of a music & people loving community. My fans on Patreon are THE BEST. It’s such a love-filled, friendly group of folk. I think you’ll feel really good over there ❤️
Remember, you have to join my Patreon before midnight on Sunday 7th December to take advantage of the free-ness of the album 🙌 I love free-ness!
As always, THANKYOU so much for being here with me on this beautiful ride
xxSam
P.S. In case you're wondering, Beautiful Machine is an album about honouring ourselves, the planet we live on and the profound intelligence of our bodies and the natural world - in a time that all too often seems to prioritise and worship artificial intelligence and industrial & economic progress over ecological preservation and human care. It sounds like poetry and pop walked naked, hand in hand, into the forest and they got married. Then they had a big party to celebrate.
P.P.S. The picture above was taken straight after I wrote the title track, Beautiful Machine, on a huge hike through the rainforest. I was SO happy. The song is 💚🙌🔥😭