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Albums as Tiered Merchandise Packages Could Become the Norm for Physical...
There is a simple principle at work behind the thousands of musicians successfully crowdfunding their own album releases on Kickstarter and IndieGoGo each year. Different bands have different value to...
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Top 3 Reasons Musicians are Scared of Crowd Funding and Why They Should Get...
Crowd funding is so huge now that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is subjecting the hot fundraising trend to a serious regulatory review (and yes, you should probably be worried — but you...
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The Living Room Tour Trend: Selling Context, Not Content
Last night, veteran musician David Bazan, known for being the man behind the seminal indie/emo group Pedro the Lion, played for a few dozen people in someone’s living room in Lubbock, TX. Bazan spent...
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Crowd Funding for Musicians 101 (Video)
The second installment of my video blog is a crash course in crowd funding for uninitiated musicians. Share
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Kickstarter for Bands: How We Raised $4,300+ from 112 People
My band just raised $4,356 from 112 people in 60 days on Kickstarter to release our new album Pandemic. I’ve been espousing the virtues of crowd funding for a while now, so I’m really glad we didn’t...
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Crowdfunding is Not an Experiment: Why Pledge Music Matters
“We are Ben Folds Five… When we started in Chapel Hill, NC in 1994 it was the heyday of grunge music. It was all guitars and no harmonies. Many said we didn’t know what we were doing. They were right....
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