The thesis of our 100 Music Kickstarter Series is that crowdfunding should be adopted by musicians as part of the New DIY Music Business Cycle. This is why I perked up when I got an email from Danika where she mentioned her plans for a second Kickstarter. So far a handful of artists we’ve interviewed have mentioned having this […]
How Does a Solo Artist With No Following Raise $8000 on Kickstarter?
Is Stacy Lee a Kickstarter Genius? She has 195 Facebook fans and 100 people on her email list. How the hell did she raise $8000 on Kickstarter? The answer shouldn’t surprise you…
Video Game Cover Band Funds Album on Kickstarter
REMEMBER KIRBY’S ADVENTURE VIDEO GAME? I don’t either, but it must have been awesome because I found the entire Kirby Collection on Amazon for Wii! This project stands out because it’s not your standard band raising money for the standard “first album”. What can we possibly learn from this Kickstarter?
Adam & the Bull Shark Make a Children’s Album w/ Kickstarter
FROM PUNK BAND TO KIDS MUSIC (AND A BOOK) Stella Maxwell and her brother Urny were in a touring punk band for the last 12 years that disbanded in 2010. Stella is also a pre school teacher who’s been telling her students a wacky story about a Bull Shark for the last eight years. “What […]
The Venetia Fair Band Kickstarter – A Vile, Profane Mess of Perfection
A seven minute video. Seriously. This turned me off at first, but then, the foul, punk-ass language and demeanor kicked in and all of a sudden it was like trying not to look too closely at a bad car accident – a car accident that’s funny as hell. Shit pass. ‘Nuff said. As I dug deeper […]
Tea Leaf Green
Tea Leaf Green is sort of a jammy 70’s sounding touring band. They’ve been fairly responsible in building their online following and mailing list over the last decade which is the main reason raising over $25k will be no problem for them. If you’re a newer band, take note. These guys are reaping the bennies […]
Karina Denike Kickstarter Profile
Karina describes this record as “A collection of vintage-pop-noir originals inspired by crackly records, early rock and roll, girl groups, motown, doo-wop drama, spaghetti western soundtracks, 1930’s torch songs, Czech lullabies, and 80’s English new wave and rocksteady.” On top of this being a pretty epic description that makes me want to pop it on the sound system during dinner (it […]