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PIZACATO Puts Fair Artist Compensation In Hands Of Fans
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HypeBot
PIZICATO is a newly launched digital donation website connecting fans with their favorite musicians, enabling them to send untaxed donations to help compensate artists by directly funding the music they love. A play on a technique string players use to pluck the string instead of traditional bowing, PIZICATO aims to provide fans with an alternative to the traditional, currently broken model the current music industry has fallen victim to by creating a platform where fans can directly fund the artists they ...
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5 Crowdfunding Backer Rewards That Work for Indie Musicians
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HypeBot
Guest Post by Adam Bernard on Sonicbids Blog You're an artist, you need money, and you want to attempt to generate those funds via an engaging crowdfunding campaign. That's all well and good, but as soon as you've figured that out, you have to stop thinking like a band and start thinking like a fan. Crowdfunding has become one of the most popular ways for independent artists to generate the money they need to create albums and tour, but far too many artists offer backer ...
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Seasoned Jazz Singer Records "Lullabies" Album And Dedicates It To Help Fight Child Abuse
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Dena Taylor
Jazz musician Dena Taylor is raising money to help distribute her newest album, Lullabies, in order to help soothe traumatized children and raise money for organizations fighting child abuse. Music can be a calming and healing influence, and lullabies sung by a mother can be a true expression of love and safety. Unfortunately, some children living in abusive situations never hear a lullaby and have no hope of improving their family’s situation. Jazz singer Dena Taylor is hoping to change ...
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Master Trombonist Clifford Adams Needs Your Help: Please Donate Now!
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Bruce Klauber
When it comes to the trombone, Trenton, NJ native Clifford Adams is a national resource, having performed over the past 44 years with everyone from Patti LaBelle and Kool and the Gang to Sonny Rollins and Art Blakey. But Clifford Adams needs your help, and he needs it now. As a result of liver cancer, Clifford Adams needs a liver transplant and he needs it soon. Sadly, like too many jazz and blues musicians, he has no medical insurance. The ...
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ArtistShare Launches The Titanes Del Trombón Project Featuring Eddie Palmieri Alumnus Doug Beavers
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Prawit Austin Siriwat
NEW FAN-FUNDED ALBUM BY GRAMMY WINNING TROMBONIST, ARRANGER, AND COMPOSER DOUG BEAVERS Titanes del Trombón will feature renowned musicians Oscar Hernandez, Edsel Gomez, Luisito Quintero, Luques Curtis, and many more. Grammy award winning trombonist, composer, and arranger Doug Beavers, known primarily for his work with Eddie Palmieri and Spanish Harlem Orchestra launches his new fan funded project, Titanes del Trombón, on ArtistShare. The project shares his artistic vision and pays homage to greats of both jazz and Afro-Cuban idioms through ...
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ArtistShare Launches The Requinte Trio Project
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Prawit Austin Siriwat
NEW FAN-FUNDED ALBUM FEATURES GRAMMY AWARD WINNING VOCALIST, JANIS SIEGEL, WORLD-RENOWNED BRAZILIAN MUSICIAN NANNY ASSIS, AND MULTI-GRAMMY NOMINATED PIANIST JOHN DI MARTINO The Requinte Trio is a fusion of Brazilian and American Jazz, forming a creative combustion of music Nine time Grammy Award winning vocalist Janis Siegel, Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Nanny Assis, and Multi-Grammy Nominated pianist John Di Martino are each recognized as masters of their craft. With the Requinte Trio, they each bring their love for American Jazz and Brazilian ...
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ArtistShare Launches The Bop Project
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Prawit Austin Siriwat
NEW FAN-FUNDED ALBUM BY JEFF LORBER AND CHUCK LOEB TO HELP FUND THE POLYCISTIC KIDNEY DISEASE (PKD) FOUNDATION The BOP project features Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, and many special guests. BOP is a one-of-a-kind traditional bebop album that brings together world-class musicians, conceived by Grammy nominated keyboardist/composer/producer, Jeff Lorber, and guitarist, Chuck Loeb. The concept was brought to life at the Berk’s Jazz Festival in Philadelphia, at which Loeb conducts the bebop jam sessions. They organized and co-produced the record ...
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Kickstarter Campaign for Leo "Bud" Welch, Blues Discovery of the Decade
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Chris M. Slawecki
Leo Bud Welch is an 82-year old Mississippi-based Blues and Gospel musician who released his debut record earlier this year, taking the blues world by storm. After decades of hard work in the cotton fields and the woods, missed opportunities and gigs in local Juke Joints and churches, Leo’s very late international success is a story that needs to be told. Our goal is to make a feature documentary called I don’t know what you’ve come to do – The ...
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