Is crowd-funding the future of music? Former Dresden Doll Amanda Palmer just set a record for a music-related crowdfunding campaign– she asked for 100k and ended up with over a … Continue reading
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Beethoven + Social Media = Crowdfunding Patronage (Listen to Audio from the SXSW Panel)
CD Baby’s marketing director Kevin Breuner attended SXSW a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel discussion about crowdfunding. The audio from this panel has been made available for … Continue reading
Crowdfunding Success – SXSW 2012 "Sneak Peek"
Next month RocketHub and CDBaby head to SXSW to lead a discussion on crowdfunding for musicians. We will share topics to help you take your music project, such as an … Continue reading
Kickstarter Helped Musicians Raise Almost $20,000,000 in 2011
Crowdfunding site Kickstarter.com helped musicians raise $19,801,685.21 last year. Music was the second most popular funding category (behind Film & Video) and comprised about a 5th of the company’s total pledges … Continue reading
Crowdfunding is Trade, Not Aid
This article is written by guest contributor Brian Meece, CEO of RocketHub. Crowdfunding is an online event with a beginning, middle, and end. It is a fundraising process with a … Continue reading