Free Tool: First North American World Music Directory of Festivals, Venues, Agents and More
(UPDATED) If you are involved in managing a world music artist — that is, someone who plays music with some flavor from Africa, Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East,. Continue reading
Trend Watch: More Music Tech Startups Are Turning To Crowdfunding
It should come as no surprise that music tech startups that need funding are turning to crowdfunding as an alternative approach. Most are Indiegogo-style campaigns though I'm starting to see. Continue reading
Kickstarter Hits Crowdfunding Milestones but Successful Music Projects Lag
Five million backers have successfully funded more than 50,000 projects on Kickstarter, the company has announced, cementing their place as the world’s top crowdfunding platform. Projects on Kickstarter have a 43.8%. Continue reading
A PledgeMusic Campaign That Was More About Community Building Than Funding
Mindy Gledhill is a singer/songwriter who began releasing her albums independently after an initial label release. For her fourth album, "Pocketful of Poetry," Gledhill decided to conduct a PledgeMusic campaign.. Continue reading
10 Myths of Music Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is still relatively new but already many myths are in place. Indiegogo recently created "Ten Myths of Crowdfunding," a free download addressing major misconceptions related to crowdfunding as a. Continue reading
Australian Crowdfunding Site Pozible Launches In U.S. As Kickstarter Enters Canada
Innovative Australian crowdfunding site Pozible, which has supported many successful music campaigns, is now open for business in the States while Kickstarter is now open in Canada with Australia and. Continue reading
Don’t Let Criticisms Of Music Crowdfunding Stand In Your Way
Though a variety of people, some of them undoubtedly well-intentioned, have criticized music crowdfunding over the last few years, their criticisms generally fall flat. Ranging from namecalling to misrepresenting financial. Continue reading
9 Tips For Monetizing Your YouTube Channel With Music Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo offers a lot of resources for understanding music crowdfunding. In celebration of VidCon, they released a guide to "Monetizing Your YouTube Channel With Indiegogo." Like all their. Continue reading
Case Study: Musician Crowdfunds His First T-shirt Using Teespring
Creators Freedom Project has a nicely focused case study of a crowdfunding project they did with musician friend Keith Medley. Together they created and funded a t-shirt with no up-front. Continue reading
Music Crowdfunding Tips from #IndiegogoToronto
I don't typically use hashtags in titles but I experienced yesterday's Indiegogo event in Toronto via Twitter so it seems appropriate. I didn't actually expect to do a post on. Continue reading
