Hi folks, I hope you all are doing well. 🙂

As promised earlier, I will update you all on the progress of the wishlist fundraising campaign for the new practice digital organ I want to get ASAP, to be able to get back into in-real-life (IRL) live performances with it.
However, after I share the current progress below, I need to be real with you all, and I need you all to read/listen, please. So, let's get to it.

As of today, August 16th, 2025, only US$50 has been contributed since the last update. The previous amount mentioned was $150, which now makes the total funding contributions US$200 out of the US$15,000 goal. You can see the amount updated on the link here: https://buymeacoffee.com/jonnymusic/w/103

Now, I want to clear some things up and ensure we're all on the same page, so please continue to read/listen carefully.

After making that post last month, I've been thinking a lot about what I have been asking for and setting such an ambitious goal without giving it much thought.

Initially, truth be told, I found the US$50 contribution following last month's post to be abysmal, despite being an improvement over the sporadic funding to the wishlist goal since its inception in 2023.
I am aware that this sounds like I'm being entitled (I know I'm sounding like a broken record here, but I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH), though please hear me out before you misjudge me! What I genuinely hate the most, out of anything in the world, is for me to be misunderstood. So again, please read/listen carefully before misjudging me. While I'm fully aware that misunderstandings always happen and that they are out of my control, I wanted to inform you all in advance of this part of me moving forward. Got that? Good.

Next, I had the time to assess the situation in the past 4 weeks and look at it from different angles. My statement after mentioning the fundraising numbers last time: "We have to bridge the gap to avoid a personal loan and extra debt." was honestly coming from a place of genuine fear and despair that I would have to further sabotage my own personal finances just to get a costly niche musical instrument that I have set my eyes on since 2023, let alone face the harsh reality that I may not always be approved of extra debt to acquire the things that I want at a quicker pace with not much personal financial stability to show for it.

To clarify, I've been growing increasingly impatient with the delay in getting the instrument, which has hindered my ability to think critically about this ordeal, and not take into account earlier, how much I would be putting my own financial situation at a greater risk, all because of my desperate impatience to get back on stage to perform for you guys live. This impatience of mine could have further hindered my drive and focus to produce more organ covers in the long run, even if I know deep within that I want to perform live again one of these days (as I know many of you would appreciate that), as I used to years ago as a former church organist.

And I must be real with you all, in case many of you never took the time to look carefully, all of my organ covers NEVER involved using a real-life pipe organ, but rather on a computer with virtual pipe organ software with high-quality sampled recordings of actual pipe organs sequenced from the sheet music notation software I use to produce the organ covers you hear in the videos.
Even if I know how to actually play an organ (as you must've seen from my "Organ Music Videos" and "Hymns with Jonny" series), I frankly do not have the time nor the patience to literally perform every single one of my organ covers on an actual pipe organ, due to two key factors:

1. I'm on a life-long mission to produce and grow the world's largest pipe organ covers & arrangements library/collection, with over 850 of them made and counting, for over 10 years. I have no intention of ever quitting this, because I love what I do too much to quit it. Thus, time efficiency with music production is of the essence, with consistent quality checks on my end to guarantee quality results.

2. I DO NOT have RELIABLE and CONSISTENT access to a physical pipe/digital organ, AT ALL (primarily due to personal reasons)! This is the main factor as to why I have not been able to practice as often as I used to. Those pipe organs and digital organs that I have been playing on IRL in the "Organ Music Videos" and "Hymns with Jonny" series (as of today, August 16th, 2025) ARE NOT MINE! They never were! I made this very clear in the descriptions of my videos, so it's not my fault that some of you mistakenly assume I ever owned ANY of them.

With that said, I understand that many of you guys are not in a position to donate any amount to my wishlist regarding the practice organ I want, and I get it, I really do. If you're not in any position to donate, please help spread the word about my wishlist so we can make it possible for me to perform live again, whenever that happens (and it doesn't have to be at FE (Furnal Equinox) 2026, all things considered).
Even if we don't reach the deadline as listed in the wishlist, I won't hold it against you guys, as I'm at fault for not being honest and clear enough upfront (if I haven't already been) about this earlier. I am aware of the current worldwide economic situation at this time. However, it won't stop me from trying, as I remain 100% serious about obtaining the instrument mentioned in my wishlist, regardless of the time it takes or the need for additional personal debt (which is currently very unlikely for me to get anyway).

Link to the wishlist is here for your convenience: https://buymeacoffee.com/jonnymusic/w/103

Thank you for understanding moving forward.

May the organ live on!✊