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# 5 Kickstarter Killers Your Band Should Avoid Like the Plague
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/5-kickstarter-killers-your-band-should-avoid-like-the-plague/
- Published: 2012-11-28T10:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-11-28T10:20:00.000Z
- Description: Many musicians are looking to Kickstarter to help fund a new album or other musical project. A Kickstarter campaign can be beneficial if done right, but can fail for various. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/11/5-kickstarter-killers-your-band-should-avoid-like-the-plague.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Music Think Tank, crowdfunding, funding, kickstarter, Launch & Release, Levi James, Natalie Cheng, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

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Many  
musicians are looking to Kickstarter to help fund a new album or other  
musical project. A Kickstarter campaign can be beneficial if done right,  
but can fail for various reasons. On [Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/5-kickstarter-killers-your-band-should-avoid-like-the-plague.html?ref=hypebot.com), **Levi James**,  
founder of Launch & Release, has found 5 things that could be the  
reason your Kickstarter project failed. Have you used Kickstarter to  
fund a project?

“Your  
Kickstarter is a personal project that requires you to reach out and  
connect one-on-one with many people. Simply sending out a mass email  
and spamming your Facebook page for a month will **not** lead to success.” ([Read On](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/5-kickstarter-killers-your-band-should-avoid-like-the-plague.html?ref=hypebot.com))