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# Slicethepie Act Scores Major Label Deal
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/slicethepie-act-scores-major-label-deal/
- Published: 2010-01-13T10:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-01-13T10:10:00.000Z
- Description: UK act Scars On 45 had used fan funding platform Slicethepie to raise the money to record and release a record. That recording and the resulting promotion caught the attention. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/01/slicethepie-act-scores-major-label-deal.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![image from www.morningcall.co.uk](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2012876d0150d970c-120wi "image from www.morningcall.co.uk")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2012876d0150d970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com) UK act [Scars On 45](http://www.myspace.com/scarson45?ref=hypebot.com) had used fan funding platform [Slicethepie](http://slicethepie.com/?ref=hypebot.com) to raise the money to record and release a record. That recording and the resulting promotion caught the attention of Atlantic Records/Chop Shop Records who have now signed the band.

Of course getting signed does not mean that Scars On 45 is going to be a hit, but it does validate Slicethepie's fan funding as a method for moving a project forward and getting noticed by the broader music industry. The Atlantic deal was brokered by music supervisor Alex Patsava and triggered a buyout clause and fan who invested were bought out at a 50% premium. 

"This is significant progress for Slicethepie and demonstrates the  
potential power of a democratic, fan driven online process to source  
talent," [says](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content%5Fdisplay/industry/e3i3fdb706572f41f072b97bf101d6f2791?ref=hypebot.com) Paul Brown of the fan funding site. "This deal  
reinforces the value that Slicethepie and its sister business SoundOut  
can add to the business of finding and financing talent."

"We are delighted for  
both the band and their fans who, in this case, have truly been  
instrumental in their success," added David Courtier-Dutton, Slicethepie CEO, "We believe that consumer driven  
filtering has an increasingly influential role to play in the future of  
the industry enabling talented artists to access an ever widening range  
of commercial opportunities."