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I think the goal of the campaign is to plant the seed in the general public that record labels bankrolling capital for artists to produce albums is no longer ne

I think the goal of the campaign is to plant the seed in the general public that record labels bankrolling capital for artists to produce albums is no longer needed with today's current technology. Kickstarter is just one platform. I could see this inspriring a hacker/musical artist to build a Kickstarter-like platform specifically for musical artists to raise capital for new albums and connect directly with fans. I could also see that same website providing a ticketing platform where people could back a show in a specific city to try to get an artist to come to their hometown instead of selling through TicketMaster and having scalpers buy up all the inventory. Also, even with platforms like Kickstarter or payment processors like Stripe, the important thing is that the artists retain the rights to their songs, instead of the record labels purchasing them through investment. I've heard that most artists make most of their money off royalties from 2 or 3 hits songs.

TruthElixirX 14y ago
> I think the goal of the campaign is to plant the seed in the general public that record labels bankrolling capital for artists to produce albums is no longer needed with today's current technology. It really isn't if you already have somewhat of a following. A band I listen to has funded their past two albums on kick starter and the tours associated with them. The idea they went with is, "Prepay for our music, once it is recorded we will release it for free and not prosecute pirates." This allowed them to completely avoid worrying about piracy or anything like that. I've linked their previous Kickstarter below. I doubt many here will enjoy their music (Christian noise rock. [note, I'm not Christian.]) but people might be interested in seeing how they operated their Kickstarter and their business model. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Showbread/showbread-cancer http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Showbread/showbread-canc...

TruthElixirX 14y ago

> I think the goal of the campaign is to plant the seed in the general public that record labels bankrolling capital for artists to produce albums is no longer needed with today's current technology. It really isn't if you already have somewhat of a following. A band I listen to has funded their past two albums on kick starter and the tours associated with them. The idea they went with is, "Prepay for our music, once it is recorded we will release it for free and not prosecute pirates." This allowed them to completely avoid worrying about piracy or anything like that. I've linked their previous Kickstarter below. I doubt many here will enjoy their music (Christian noise rock. [note, I'm not Christian.]) but people might be interested in seeing how they operated their Kickstarter and their business model. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Showbread/showbread-cancer http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Showbread/showbread-canc...