30,000 New Creators Launched On Patreon In First 3 Weeks Of March
More than 30,000 musicians and other creators launched their first campaigns on Patreon in the days right after the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold globally. The number of fans. Continue reading
Patreon Raises Some Prices, Reports 100K Creators Earn $500M Yearly
[UPDATED] Patreon has added new tier pricing which mean higher fees for many new creators using the fan funding platform. To take advantage of the lower grandfathered rates, creators must. Continue reading
How To Execute A Successful Fan Funding / Direct To Fan Campaign [VIDEO]
Guest post by Mike King (@atomzooey), a course author and instructor at Berklee’s online continuing education division, at Berkleemusic.com. I’m working with Dave Kusek to update his Future of Music. Continue reading
How To Create A Successful Kickstarter Campaign
With the success of Amanda Palmer on Kickstarter, the platform has gotten a lot of buzz and exposure lately. However, creating a campaign on Kickstarter and getting it successfully funded. Continue reading
Musician’s Arsenal: Killer Apps, Tools and Sites – GigFunder
Fan funding has become a part of many DIY musicians’ strategies. There are various fan funding companies like Kickstarter and PledgeMusic. On Music Think Tank, Ariel Hyatt features fan funding. Continue reading
PledgeMusic’s Benji Rogers On Going Beyond Fan Funding To Power Album Campaigns
PledgeMusic is a unique web service for indie musicians and labels that, in my opinion, faces a bit of an identity crisis. When I recently spoke with founder Benji Rogers,. Continue reading
Types Of Fans, Fan-Funding, Giving The Web A Voice, Cheaper Music, & Engaging Newsletters
This week on Music Think Tank, Jonathan Ostrow helped artists break down their fans into different categories. Brian Hazard argued against fan funding and offered advice on how to benefit. Continue reading
An Argument Against Fan Funding
Brian Hazard argues that artists do not need much money for a project because they are all limited by free market pricing which states: People are only willing to pay. Continue reading
