Brian Camelio
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Brian Camelio is an American musician, guitarist, composer, producer, and founder of ArtistShare
.
Camelio is considered one of the fathers of crowdfunding and potentially "a post-modern Ahmet Ertegun
" according to Bloomberg News. In 2005, he was the subject of an essay entitled "The One Thing You Can't Download" in The Big Moo: Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable
edited by business writer Seth Godin
. He has been a speaker or panelist at the Judge Business School
at Cambridge University, Midem
, The Grammy Foundation at NARAS, ASCAP, NYU Law School, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, The Songwriters hall of fame
and The Future of Music Coalition.
He is a member of the core faculty of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
.
, began his music career at the age of 9 and continued to pursue music at Clark University
as a composition major. After finishing his music degree at the University of Vermont
with a concentration in orchestral composition, he spent 15 years as a professional touring musician, composer and producer according to Celebrity Access.
Since founding ArtistShare
, he produced four releases for Jazz guitarist Jim Hall
including Hemispheres the 2008 collaboration with Bill Frisell
and Conversations (2010) with Joey Baron
. Camelio has also worked with Trey Anastasio
, Phish
and Betty Buckley
.
In 2000 or 2001 Brian Camelio founded ArtistShare
. ArtistShare is a relationship-based fan-funding model for creative artists, in which fans contribute towards the funding of an artists latest work in exchange for insight into the creative process. In 2004, the first ArtistShare release won a Grammy for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording" and became the first album ever to win a Grammy that was not available in retail stores. This is the moment Camelio describes as being his most memorable industry experience.
In a 2004 study by Cathy Allison, a technology expert engaged by the Canadian Heritage’s Copyright Policy Branch "to enhance its understanding of the online music business", Camelio is quoted as saying: "ArtistShare is the only viable solution that I can see. With the advent of the latest technology, it is becoming increasingly clear that there needs to be a fundamental shift in how artists do business. That shift involves the expansion of the product offered and a completely different payment schedule. ArtistShare will provide the platform."
The Jazz Review stated in January 2011 that Camelio "now may be considered visionary for perceiving the direction that the distribution of musical recordings was headed in 2001."
against Camelio interests, Fan Funded LLC and ArtistShare Inc, because of alleged repeated allegations it had infringed the patent. KickStarter asked that the court invalidate the patent and find that Kickstarter does not infringe the patent.
ArtistShare
ArtistShare is a crowdfunding website and labelWharton Innovation and Entrepreneurship Consulted on 10/12/2011 for musicians and other creative artists which allows them to fund their projects utilizing a "fan-funding" model to allow the general public to directly finance, watch the creative...
.
Camelio is considered one of the fathers of crowdfunding and potentially "a post-modern Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegün was a Turkish American musician and businessman, best known as the founder and president of Atlantic Records. He also wrote classic blues and pop songs and served as Chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum...
" according to Bloomberg News. In 2005, he was the subject of an essay entitled "The One Thing You Can't Download" in The Big Moo: Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable
The Big Moo: Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable
The Big Moo: Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable is a collection of short essays on marketing. The essays were written by 32 different well known authors in the field. They included Tom Peters, Malcolm Gladwell, Guy Kawasaki, Mark Cuban, and Dan Pink. The specific author of each...
edited by business writer Seth Godin
Seth Godin
Seth Godin is an American entrepreneur, author and public speaker. Godin popularized the topic of permission marketing.-Background:...
. He has been a speaker or panelist at the Judge Business School
Judge Business School
Cambridge Judge Business School, formerly known as the Judge Institute of Management Studies, is the business school of the University of Cambridge. Established in 1990, the School is a provider of management education and is consistently ranked as one of the world's leading business schools. It is...
at Cambridge University, Midem
Midem
-MIDEM:Short for Marché International du Disque et de l'Edition Musicale, MIDEM is the world's largest music industry trade fair, which has been held annually at and around the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, since 1967...
, The Grammy Foundation at NARAS, ASCAP, NYU Law School, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, The Songwriters hall of fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The goal is to create a museum but as of April, 2008, the means do not yet exist and so instead it is an online...
and The Future of Music Coalition.
He is a member of the core faculty of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music is the second conservatory of The New School university. It is located on 13th Street in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood.-History:...
.
Music career
Camelio, who grew up in BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, began his music career at the age of 9 and continued to pursue music at Clark University
Clark University
Clark University is a private research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.Founded in 1887, it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university. Clark now also educates undergraduates...
as a composition major. After finishing his music degree at the University of Vermont
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
with a concentration in orchestral composition, he spent 15 years as a professional touring musician, composer and producer according to Celebrity Access.
Since founding ArtistShare
ArtistShare
ArtistShare is a crowdfunding website and labelWharton Innovation and Entrepreneurship Consulted on 10/12/2011 for musicians and other creative artists which allows them to fund their projects utilizing a "fan-funding" model to allow the general public to directly finance, watch the creative...
, he produced four releases for Jazz guitarist Jim Hall
Jim Hall (musician)
James Stanley Hall is an American jazz guitarist.-Biography:Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Hall moved to Los Angeles where he began to attract national, and then international, attention in the late 1950s...
including Hemispheres the 2008 collaboration with Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
and Conversations (2010) with Joey Baron
Joey Baron
Joey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn...
. Camelio has also worked with Trey Anastasio
Trey Anastasio
Trey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish...
, Phish
Phish
Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band...
and Betty Buckley
Betty Buckley
Betty Lynn Buckley is an American theater, film and television actress and singer. She is a Tony Award winner and Grammy Award nominee.-Early life:...
.
Business career
After studying computer programming Brian Camelio started his first Internet business in 1998, an online fundraising portal for non-profit groups. The business was not a success but the lessons learned led him to projects geared more towards technology. Around this time he also authored and published college music theory textbook named Finale Made Easy.In 2000 or 2001 Brian Camelio founded ArtistShare
ArtistShare
ArtistShare is a crowdfunding website and labelWharton Innovation and Entrepreneurship Consulted on 10/12/2011 for musicians and other creative artists which allows them to fund their projects utilizing a "fan-funding" model to allow the general public to directly finance, watch the creative...
. ArtistShare is a relationship-based fan-funding model for creative artists, in which fans contribute towards the funding of an artists latest work in exchange for insight into the creative process. In 2004, the first ArtistShare release won a Grammy for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording" and became the first album ever to win a Grammy that was not available in retail stores. This is the moment Camelio describes as being his most memorable industry experience.
In a 2004 study by Cathy Allison, a technology expert engaged by the Canadian Heritage’s Copyright Policy Branch "to enhance its understanding of the online music business", Camelio is quoted as saying: "ArtistShare is the only viable solution that I can see. With the advent of the latest technology, it is becoming increasingly clear that there needs to be a fundamental shift in how artists do business. That shift involves the expansion of the product offered and a completely different payment schedule. ArtistShare will provide the platform."
The Jazz Review stated in January 2011 that Camelio "now may be considered visionary for perceiving the direction that the distribution of musical recordings was headed in 2001."
Patent dispute
On February 8, 2011 Camelio was granted U.S. patent , entitled "Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work", and was named as the inventor in the patent. On September 30, 2011, the crowdfunding site Kickstarter filed a request for declaratory judgmentDeclaratory judgment
A declaratory judgment is a judgment of a court in a civil case which declares the rights, duties, or obligations of one or more parties in a dispute. A declaratory judgment is legally binding, but it does not order any action by a party. In this way, the declaratory judgment is like an action to...
against Camelio interests, Fan Funded LLC and ArtistShare Inc, because of alleged repeated allegations it had infringed the patent. KickStarter asked that the court invalidate the patent and find that Kickstarter does not infringe the patent.
Awards
- Choc de l'année Award (JazzmanJazzman (magazine)Jazzman was a French magazine on the subject of jazz and jazz performance. Founded in October, 1992, it was merged with Jazz Magazine in September, 2009 in response to the worldwide economic downturn and the general loss of revenue among music magazines...
- France) 2005 for Jim HallJim Hall (musician)James Stanley Hall is an American jazz guitarist.-Biography:Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Hall moved to Los Angeles where he began to attract national, and then international, attention in the late 1950s...
- Magic Meeting (producer) - Choc de l'année Award (Jazzman - France) 2006 for Jim HallJim Hall (musician)James Stanley Hall is an American jazz guitarist.-Biography:Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Hall moved to Los Angeles where he began to attract national, and then international, attention in the late 1950s...
/ Geoffrey Keezer - Free Association (producer) - ASCAP Young Composer's Grant - 1986
- VCA Grant - 1986