Four musicians share their stories of crowdfunding success and what they learned along the way. Dotted Music: Candice Russell’s Secret To Crowdfunding Success Crowd Scene Podcast: The Glass Child Shares Her Crowdfunding Secrets Launch And Release: Terra Naomi’s $50k Indiegogo… Continue Reading
“Patreon Panel – How to Get Fans” I haven’t done any roundups of music crowdfunding or direct-to-fan news in a while. Here’s a whole bunch of stuff I’ve been bookmarking for months including some tips pieces and info on new… Continue Reading
Music Biz Blogs is a fairly simple site I launched years ago that features a combined feed of music business blogs that indie and DIY musicians should find quite useful. Today, in addition to checking the blog list to see who’s… Continue Reading
“Team Musikee In A Playful Moment” More direct-to-fan news with a guest post from Musikee: Musikee is a new direct-to-fan platform where bands and musicians involve their fans in online and offline promotional activities in exchange for exclusive rewards. “Crowdfunding… Continue Reading
Indiegogo has a long history of sharing great tips and insights relevant to music crowdfunding. Recently they revealed “7 Key Crowdfunding Stats” drawn from 100,000 crowdfunding campaigns on their platform. In addition to a great post with tips based on… Continue Reading
While crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has a long history of sharing tips and insights, the idea of Eventbrite helping you out may be a surprise. But events are a big part of a musician’s life and, even if you’re not funding… Continue Reading
“Manafest Shares 3 Killer Tips For A Successful Campaign” Here are some great music crowdfunding tips from a number of successful campaigners including Manafest, Bigtree Bonsai’s Brandon Hagstrom, Christa Couture, Stone & Snow’s Karen Bridges, Midas Whale, Ariel Rubin and… Continue Reading
Crowdfunder.co.uk recently released a free report featuring “95 Tips For Crowdfunders From Crowdfunders.” A variety of successful crowdfunders in the arts and related creative endeavors share their tips. Many of them are nonprofit organizations. Overall I’d say they’re sharing advice that’s… Continue Reading
Guest Post: Bryan Kim shares what he’s been learning as founder of Think Steady Inc. where he helps musicians like Bambu, The Grouch & Eligh, and Jurassic 5 run successful crowdfunding campaigns. This post is the first in a multi-part… Continue Reading
A digital world in which musicians can monetize their music in a variety of ways is gradually emerging in bits and pieces. Lots of promising developments are occurring in music ecommerce including TuneCore’s YouTube Money, GeoRiot’s Relative Conversion Score (whose… Continue Reading