Brian David Gilbert

It's another short Progress Report, so I will use lots of pictures to keep it refreshing and fun! WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO? The beginning of the month was mostly catch-up for Karen and I! We've been bouncing around a lot lately, so it was nice to settle back in after a lot of travel and get some work

It's another quick Progress Report before we get back to business tomorrow! Back to school, and back to Patreon. We got home from London mid-August, spent a week adjusting to the time zone and catching up on a lot of projects, and then went up to San Francisco last week for Pokémon XP (pictured abov

A quick Progress Report before going back to the pause! (Heads up, I unpaused yesterday & repaused today, so a few of you have been charged for August's Patreon subscription already! This just means your second paused billing cycle will be for next month, not this one!) July has been fun and WAY bus

HEY Y'ALL! We're pausing the billing on the Patreon for the next two months! I just paused it (so if you've already paid for next month, don't worry, you'll be skipping the next two payments afterward) and will pause it again on July 30th, and then I will be BACK FROM MY TRAVELS and READY TO HIT SOM

Phew! I just got back from the most recent Gotta Catch 'Em All Game Show (see above photos from our trip), and I'm equal parts content and exhausted! WHAT'S NEW ON THE PATREON? Just the one post this month! I hope to have a few more posts in June. Brian Brecommends: WIDOW'S BAY WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP

Howdy! Forgive the very-late-on-the-final-day-of-the-month Progress Report, but I'm currently sitting in a Las Vegas hotel, finishing this up as I get ready for MagicCon tomorrow. Don't believe me? Here's a blurry photo of me writing this exact paragraph in front of a completely unremarkable view of

WOW! After many months, I have a new video, and that means I can finally bring back this section: WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON? WATCH ME MAKE A VIDEO IN A WEEK EDITING STREAM NEW VIDEO: Tiny Little Lip Balm "Behind the Scenes" of Tiny Little Lip Balm Tiny Little Lip Balm | Song Brian Brecommends: THE FIVE

A FEW DAYS LATE BUT I GOT SOME UPDATES! WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON? Three projects in particular, each of which has good news and bad news: PROJECT 1: DOING LIVE SHOWS Good news: I had so much fun at Sketchfest! It was so lovely getting a chance to say hey to some of you after the shows (especial

IT'S A NEW YEAR AND AFTER TWO MONTHS OF RADIO SILENCE I AM HERE TO SAY That I'm doing a lot better! I've been staying positive, and taking a step back has let me get a better handle on what it is I'd like to do. I got to see some family, cook some tasty meals, and generally find a zest for life agai

Howdy y'all! July has been a solid month of work, with very little to show from it. There was one writing project that Karen and I needed to finish up this month, so I tried the "Brian College Method of Procrastination Writing," which is where you drink two energy drinks at 8pm and write until 5 in

Thanks for hanging out last month while I was out and about! WHAT WERE YOU UP TO? Um, Actually filming, followed by MagicCon, followed by hosting a new game show for Pokémon! This took up 98% of my time. Also, a bunch of things I've appeared in came out in the past couple months, and I have forgotte

TL;DR I AM ONCE AGAIN PAUSING THE PATREON FOR A MONTH BECAUSE OF OTHER WORK! Billing is paused today and will start back up on June 30th! More info below! Hello hello lovely Patreon members. I'm skipping the "What's new on Patreon" because there is literally nothing new on the Patreon from this mont

A quick progress report this month! WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON? The Making of "Husky Voice" Husky Voice - SONG/DEMO FIRST DRAFT - Noose Brian Brecommends: BABEL (& a quick question for a new video!) WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO? First week of April, I was away for a shoot! I'll be able to talk more about that

That's one quarter of the year all wrapped up! WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON froghorn.exe is finally published! Brian Brecommends: COMMON SIDE EFFECTS The Making of "A Jaunty Quest" A Jaunty Quest - SONG/DEMO/SFX WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? Spent the first part of this month on a BIG BOAT! Karen and I had our

Hey everyone! This month was far better than the previous one (not that it was a very high bar), so I'm excited to give you some progress updates! WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON? Project Tidy: COMPLETE (+ a giveaway!) Project Tidy - Song Brian Brecommends: REALIS (+ giveaway winner!) REALIS Playtest (a BONUS

Hello! This is gonna be a shorter Progress Report, because this month has been a very bad one! WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON? Brian Brecommends/Wildfire Update WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO? At the beginning of the month, I was making a lot of progress in reorganizing my office—I had just finished taking everythin

GOODBYE TO YOU, 2024! HELLO TO THE NEW YEAR! If you’re reading this, you did it! You made it through another very challenging year in a string of challenging years. And that’s pretty incredible. Keep it up. WHAT’S NEW ON PATREON: Brian Brecommends: PAIN AND GAIN & LUBALIN'S "HAHA, NO WORRIES" BONUS

Hello and howdy! Sending out this Progress Report right before I go hang out with Jordan & Jarvis on Sad Boyz Live! If you had a Thanksgiving this week, I hope it was a nice one. If you didn't have a Thanksgiving, go eat a big meal anyway because it's always fun to have an excuse for a big meal. THI

October is over, and the Patreon is back up and running! And that means it's time for a !!!!BIG PROGRESS REPORT!!!! WHAT'S NEW ON THE PATREON? NEW VIDEO - A Jaunty Quest A concert with Louie Zong and Worthikids (and a pre-sale link!) NEW VIDEO - Silent Love - BLIB (Louie Zong, Worthikids, BDG) HOW W

The BDG business groundhog has come out of his den and is predicting one more month of Patreon pause! This is a reference to Groundhog Day. The holiday, not the movie. I'm not stuck in a time loop. WHAT'S NEW ON THE PATREON? OUTDOOR ED - Kids Pilot Concept NEW VIDEO Husky Voice WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON

WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON? Look at that, I made a video this month! !!NEW VIDEO!! - promises... WHAT'S NEW OTHERWISE? Not a ton, but I will say that you should expect at least one (and maybe up to three???) videos being posted to YouTube this month. First, "promises..." will be out on the 9th. The other

Hey everyone! I'm finally writing that quick Progress Report I promised! Thanks for your patience on the delay of this one—I've been busy working on the next season of Um, Actually, and I just had a chance to sit down and write this up. WHAT HAVE I BEEN WORKING ON? Mostly Um, Actually! I'm extremely

Hi everyone! I'm going to keep the text part of this post quick since I go into more detail in the video above, but here are the main updates. Patreon Hiatus I'll be taking a longer break from the Patreon. This means I will pause the billing cycle (starting from the moment this post is published) an

Phew! Made it through May. That's one extremely busy month down, probably one or two left to go. WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON Brian Brecommends: ANIMAL WELL Sorry it's only one post this month! The next section should hopefully explain why. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON? A whoooooole lot of things! As I me

Another dang month over! Hot dog! Karen and I went to the renaissance fair so I included those photos in this post, because why not? Almost all of the clothing I am wearing is from Karen. I wanted to go as "farmer who is bad at farming because he spends all of his day composing terrible poetry on a

Let's hop right into it, shall we? WHAT'S NEW ON THE PATREON? Brian Brecommends: PROBLEMISTA BONUS VIDEO: Scam Slam Jam SCAM SLAM JAM - Song, Stems Was expecting this to be a very dry month on the Patreon, but luckily(?) the scammers helped me make a new thing! So thanks, scammers? WHAT HAVE YOU BEE

HEADS UP! This is a big post that talks about a new BIG VIDEO ALBUM PROJECT I'm working on! It means I won't be posting a video (on YouTube) until July, with the hope that I can post a new video every other week until the end of the year. If you're wondering, "Hey, why isn't Brian posting anything o

Hello and welcome to the first progress report of the new year! Things have been progressing! Let's report on it! WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON? Quite a lot this month! I finally did the Patreon refresh I've been talking about for years, and though things are still shifting around, I think we're settling in

Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! We've made it through another full year, which means another probably-too-long-but-it's-the-end-of-year-so-I'm-allowed-to-wax-poetic PROGRESS REPORT. WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON? Breakfast Sandwich Bloopers And the brief Patreon pause from last month is over! We're back to

TL;DR - I’m pausing Patreon payments for a month! Full explanation below, but I’m posting this up top in case you’re confused as to why you aren’t charged this month. Billing will resume on Dec. 27, 2023! Look at me posting my Progress Report a few days before the end of the month. I’m so on top of

Welcome to a very SPOOKY Progress Report!! READER BEWARE! It's HALLOWEEN! And who KNOWS what kind of CREEPY DELIGHTS might UNEARTH THEMSELVES in this PROGRESS REPORT! Okay I don't actually have anything spooky to share except Karen and I dressed up as a red and silver bokoblin: WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON

This has been a surprisingly big month, even though I didn't manage to get a video out! So I get to simultaneously experience the two emotions of "excited about the big things that have happened" and "guilty for being unproductive"! My favorite combo of emotions. WHAT'S NEW ON PATREON? - Sept. Lives

Hello hello! I posted a really weird video this month! I said I would in July's Progress Report and I did it! Hooray! WHAT'S UP ON PATREON? Got a good chunk of Patreon posts this month! - making a tiny power ballad | August Process Stream - Aug. Goofy Livestream Info & Poll for September - AUG 2023

Heyoooooooo it's the end of July! I'm writing this in a Toyota maintenance waiting area. Let's talk about what I've been up to. WHAT'S UP ON PATREON? Here are the Patreon posts from this month: - July Livestream Info! - CRAFT STREAM! | July Goofy Livestream - Finishing up the Collab | July Process S

Hello all! I'm currently recovering from an unexpected bout of food poisoning, so if this one's especially weird, you can blame it on that. I guess all food poisoning should be unexpected. If you are expecting food poisoning, I would strongly suggest not eating whatever you're eating. WHAT'S UP ON T

Hello hello everyone! And a special hi to all the new free patrons who have joined this month! Welcome to your first official Progress Report! Prepare to be underwhelmed. WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENIN' ON PATREON? First off, here are the Patreon posts I've made this month: it's nesting season | BEHIND THE SC

Welcome to my Patreon!!!! Technically, free membership opened on May 8th, but MAMMA MIA has this week been busy. So let's just say that free membership started today, and please forgive me for not posting about it sooner. First off, I want to say thank you for even being interested in joining my Pat

Howdy all! Let's talk about what's been happening! WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING! See the first picture above. That's what I've been working on these past few weeks, and it should be out next week! It's a silly video in the vein of "this song is not a metaphor," but this time it's about a bird that keeps ta

Let's talk about this busy month! WHAT DID I DO A lot of editing. Obviously, I got "you look really tired" out, but the second video I had planned to be up in March isn't up yet. But IT WILL be up on Monday. I also had to get a bunch of other stuff prepped for the next show Karen and I are pitching!

Who filmed three videos and still hasn't managed to finish/post any of them this month? That's right it's me! WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW The photos at the top of this post are all collected from three videos I've filmed. Let's talk about why each one isn't done. Greenscreen pics 1&2: This was supposed to

January is already over! What a quick month, huh? WHAT DID I DO? It's been a busy month! Obviously, Welcome to the Neighborhood! came out, after starting it nearly 3 months ago (according to the Oct. '22 Progress Report). Sometimes you spend way too long on the graphics! And by sometimes I mean I wi