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Moving Past Kickstarter: Equity Crowdfunding and the Jobs Act
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HypeBot
Crowdfunding is this decade's new tool for helping Artists raise money to reach their goals - and it just got better. Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, RocketHub, and other Crowdfunding service companies are being used successfully by Artists to raise money for projects, but the average Kickstarter campaign raises about $4,500. (Hey, we can't all be Amanda Palmer and raise $1M+) For the Artist with more serious aspirations - and a need for more serious funds - the new JOBS Act signed by ...
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Jerzy Milian Unreleased Tapes Indiegogo Project
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GAD Records
Jerzy Milian is a legendary figure in the history of Polish jazz. A lavish and versatile composer, Milian was one of the members of Krzysztof Komeda's renowned Sextet, praised by Down Beat both as a jazz vibraphonist (LP „Bazaar”, 1969) and an able arranger. His music was regularly featured by the BBC. GAD Records, an independent Polish label, has launched a crowd-funding campaign aimed at the release of the artist's hitherto unpublished recordings. You could also help in making this ...
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Pablo Ablanedo Octet Kickstarter Project "Recontradoble"
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Pablo Ablanedo
Cambridge, MA: On March 9th, Buenos Aires-born, Cambridge-based composer and pianist Pablo Ablanedo had launched a crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter.com to help record and produce his third album with his group, the Pablo Ablanedo Octet. After releasing two records on the Barcelona-based Fresh Sound New Talent label, Ablanedo and his group have decided to record and release their new record, which will be called Recontradoble, independently. Ablanedo is asking his fans and friends to come and be part of making ...
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Litchfield Jazz Camp Runs Indiegogo.com Fundraising Campaign For 2012 Scholarships
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Albert Rivera
Litchfield Jazz Festival has just launched an indiegogo.com fundraising campaign for its Litchfield Jazz Camp. The goal is to raise $10,000 to help send 10 youngsters in need, for one week each, to the 16-year-old summer camp. Litchfield Jazz Camp, located in Kent CT at the Kent School runs for 5 weeks from July 8 to August 10 and culminates in the world renowned Litchfield Jazz Festival which returns this summer to the Goshen Fairgrounds, in Goshen, CT August 10-12. ...
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New Kickstarter Alternatives Target Music Crowdfunding
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HypeBot
With the expected signing by President Obama of the JOBS bill containing provisions for crowd investing, a new crop of funding sites are set to emerge. However, for indie musicians the use of crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and PledgeMusic will continue to be a more viable approach to project funding and presales. Here are some crowdfunding sites that feature or include musicians that have yet to be covered at Hypebot. To be perfectly frank, in most cases it's probably ...
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Musician Ryan O'Neal on Spotify, Kickstarter and Leaving Interscope to Go D.I.Y.
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HypeBot
Liisten: What do you think of renting (spotify) music vs. owning and buying music? RYAN: I feel like the biggest challenge as an independent musician is getting new ears to hear your music. Although it is a very sad fact that music has so little monetary value nowadays—I feel like Spotify, iTunes, Pandora, etc. are all excellent tools that make music more and more accessible to people. Doesn't matter if it's pay or rent to me. Music sales are obviously ...
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The Giuseppi Logan Kickstarter Project - New 180 Gram Vinyl Album From Legendary Sax Player
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Ed Pettersen
The Giuseppi Logan Project delivers a new album from a rising avant-garde jazz player of the sixties who has been lost to the music world for over 30 years. The supporting players are stellar in their own right featuring ace jazz pianist Cooper Moore, bassist Larry Roland, and the unique electric violin of Tracy Silverman. The release is a limited edition 180 gram vinyl album with hi-res digital downloads available if you don't own a record player. The campaign to ...
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Kickstarter Will Fund More Projects in 2012 Than National Endowment for the Arts
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HypeBot
Fan funding platform Kickstarter is on track to distribute more than $150 million to creative projects in 2012. That's more than this year's $146 million budget for The National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), the primary source of government arts funding in the U.S. Kickstarter's lifetime funding now stands at $150 million, but is accelrating rapidly with $99 million pledged last year alone. Kickstarter vs. The National Endowment Besting the NEA is not, however, an accomplishment that Kickstarter is entirely ...
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