Fanatic.fm Connects Bands With Brands For Charity
How to monetize music is the biggest challenge of the post-Napster music industry. At Midem 2010, Ian K. introduced himself with an exciting concept that's a four-way win for artists, brands, charities and fans. I've acted as an advisor since and late last week, Ian launched fanatic.fm in beta with Samsung Imaging as the lead sponsor. Here's how it fanatic.fm works and an intro video:
Artists upload music to fanatic.fm where brands and fans bid to sponsor it. After the band's approval, sponsors can use the music in their own social media campaigns and co-promote directly within the music player.
Every time the music is played using the fanatic.fm player, which can be embedded in any site or social media page, the band is paid and a portion goes to an approved charity. Watch the intro video, visit fantatic.fm and come back to share what you think.
Fanatic is awesome!! We are having a lot of early success with Sydney Wayser on this one. I highly encourage checking this out! Very mutually beneficial for all involved: Artists, Fans, Brands, etc.
I really like this idea. I hope it takes off.
Another spin-off idea would be to directly connect bands with charities.
Best of luck with the site !
Thanks for the introduction!
Additional note: fanatic.fm is an album publishing platform where bands can publish a new album with brand sponsorship. No worry for corporate sell out since musicians take full control over choosing sponsors.
Great service for brands who want’s to connect to fans.
Highly recommended!
Best,
jakob,
http://www.soundslikebranding.com
Wow this is an awesome Idea..
Check out http://Sharethemic.com over 700 bands / 4 countries / and 45 major charity organizations connecting directly.
Check out http://Sharethemic.com over 700 bands / 4 countries / and 45 major charity organizations connecting directly.