Fan funded
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Fan-funded music is commercialised
music that is funded directly by the fan
s of an artist.
Examples:
Commercialization
Commercialization is the process or cycle of introducing a new product or production method into the market. The actual launch of a new product is the final stage of new product development, and the one where the most money will have to be spent for advertising, sales promotion, and other marketing...
music that is funded directly by the fan
Fan (person)
A Fan, sometimes also called aficionado or supporter, is a person with a liking and enthusiasm for something, such as a band or a sports team. Fans of a particular thing or person constitute its fanbase or fandom...
s of an artist.
Examples:
- ArtistShareArtistShareArtistShare 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...
- Founded in 2000 allows artists to fund their projects utilizing a "fan-funding" model. - Aucadia.com - Fan funding website launched in January 2010. Fans can buy and trade shares in artists. Currently in Beta.
- Akamusic.com - Belgian Fan funding website launched in march 2008. Fans can buy and trade shares in artists. With more than 90 releases this platform is very successful. The band Dallas with Flanders hottest actress Veerle Baetens raised $68.500 to record their debutalbum 'Egocentrique' due for release in January 2012.
- MarillionMarillionMarillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
- Seen by the music industry as the first established band to fully utilise the power of the internet, they have funded four albums through pre-sales to fans and totally revitalised their career in the process. - Exile Inside - Jakes Shillingford of My Life StoryMy Life StoryMy Life Story are a British indie pop group who peaked in the mid to late 1990s, when they were regarded as part of the Britpop movement. Fronted by singer/songwriter Jake Shillingford, the group was formed in London around 1991, and inherited their name from an earlier group in which Shillingford...
invited investment from fans to set up a fan funded project which became Exile Inside. - Donita SparksDonita SparksDonita Sparks is a vocalist, guitarist and song-writer in Los Angeles, California. In addition to performing with her most recent band Donita Sparks and The Stellar Moments, she is also the co-founder, along with Suzi Gardner, of grunge band L7...
(L7) - Electric Eel ShockElectric Eel ShockElectric Eel Shock are a three-piece garage metal band, formed in Tokyo in the late 1990s. They first toured the United States in 1999 and have been touring the world ever since.-Early years of EES:...
- Japanese rock band who in 2006 raised £10,000 from their fans by offering 100 guestlist for life. Then in 2008 they raised $50,000 through Sellaband.com to record the new album "Sugoi Indeed" due for release in October 2009. - PledgeMusic.comPledgemusicPledgeMusic is an online Direct-to-Fan / Fan-funded music platform utilising a Threshold Pledge System / Provision Point Mechanism, launched in August 2009, that facilitates musicians reaching out to their fan-base to financially contribute to upcoming recordings or other musical projects...
- Fan Funding website launched in August 2009, that enables fan project funding through unique incentives and opportunities for fans, with an percentage of the projects proceeds donated to a charity of the artists choice. Successful campaigns include Jack BruceJack BruceJohn Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...
, Tina DicoTina DicoTina Dico is a singer and songwriter inspired by artists such as Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.In Denmark she performs under her real name, Tina Dickow.- Beginnings :...
, Madina LakeMadina LakeMadina Lake an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A in 2005.Madina Lake released their debut album From Them, Through Us, to You through Roadrunner Records on March 27, 2007...
, and The DamnwellsThe DamnwellsThe Damnwells are an indie rock band originally from Brooklyn, New York The band formed in 2001 and has released four full length albums, Air Stereo , Bastards of the Beat , and One Last Century...
. - Sellaband.com - Fan Funding website launched in 2006 that as of mid 2009 had helped 33 artists raise $50,000.
- FeedTheMuse.net - Fan Funding website launched in 2009 which differentiates itself from other fan-funding sites by allowing any level of artist to join and create a personalized landing page. The site is free for the artist, and offers personalized marketing support for their fundraising campaigns.
- Gerald ClaytonGerald ClaytonGerald William Clayton is a jazz pianist and composer born in Utrecht, Netherlands, and raised in Southern California. He is the son of bassist/bandleader John Clayton and the nephew of multi-instrumentalist wind player Jeff Clayton.-Biography:...
- The release of the 2009 Two-ShadeTwo-ShadeTwo-Shade, a 2009 jazz trio album, is Gerald Clayton's discographic debut as a leader, featuring long-time friends and collaborators Joe Sanders on double bass and Justin Brown on drums...
album was funded through ArtistShareArtistShareArtistShare 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...
. - My Major Company UKMy Major Company UKMy Major Company UK is a Fan-funded music label launched in the United Kingdom in October 2010. My Major Company UK are a Crowd-funding label which branch from the French Record Label, MyMajorCompany, established in 2008. MMCUK is headed by C.E.O Paul-Rene Albertini...
- Fan Funding Label launched in 2010 that acts as a fully functioning record label as well as a funding platform