... about Afghanistan's first Rock band after 30 years ... Thanks Sabine for this great post. Published May 28 2013.
by Sabine
Well, like most Europeans, I don’t know that much about Kabul. In my mind the name equals destruction, remnants from the war, women in burkas and the depression of a r...
Thanks Linda for this article. Published on April 02 2013.
by Linda
There is something magical that happens when a human sings, something comes over the spirit and transcends and transforms the very soul. Angie Arsenault is a Canadian singer/songwriter that is coming up in and bursting out of ...
Published on Oct 02 2012.
by Mario
A solitary shed by a Lake. Surrounded by woods coated in ice. lt's the deepest winter and the Pentatones quartet finds itself in the deserted nature near the Baltic Sea. They are searching for sounds pulsating beyond instruments and machines. lnaudible Music ...
Amanda Palmer has just started her AFP Salon Pledgemusic campaign. Thanks to Rachel for this write-up. Photo by Kambriel.
by Rachel
You may know of Amanda Palmer through the Dresden Dolls, or you may know her from Evelyn Evelyn. Chances are, however, that you have heard of her. Though no longe...
Check out Garland Jeffreys' Pledgemusic project. Photo by Anton Corbijn. Published June 12 2013.
by Sabrina
New York's multi-talented "urban poet" Garland Jeffreys' latest musical undertaking promises to surpass the critical acclaim of his latest project The King of In Between. After a lifetim...
SWEET FIX are currently running their funding project on Pledgemusic. Published on April 27 2013.
by Linda
Hitting the rock music scene in 2009 and rolling out of New York USA, Sweet Fix will unleash their sounds to taunt you, tease you, rock you and please you. With their “sweaty, smart rock ...
There's another cool project on Pledgemusic - the debut album of Morning After Youth. Please consider to support them - still 33 days left. Thanks for Tracey who wrote this post. Published on April 15 2013.
by Tracey
If you haven’t seen or heard of these guys before, the chances are you WILL s...
Published on April 03 2013.
by Mario
Assuming that you know Angie Arsenault, her former crowdfunding projects on Sellaband and you've read yesterday's article about her Living Room Concert series I thought it might be of interest for you that she also runs a very special crowdfunding project o...
IAMX has just released his album "The Unified Fields" funded by over 2,600 fans on Pledgemusic. But if you think you can get all the cool stuff IAMX has offered for a Pledge ... forget it. The Pledgemusic campaign is closed for further pledges.
by Peter/Mario
IAMX, solo project of Chris Corner...
Amanda Palmer is going to be WEBCASTING, LIVE from CAMBRIDGE, MA with MUSIC and TALKING and GUESTS and more next Tuesday, June 04 at 7 pm (EST). This is what she announced in her newsletter about a week ago.
She's planning a new WEBCASTING SERIES although she calls the first webcast "just an experi...
This interview has originally been published in Sellaband news section on May 24 2013.
Sellaband
Stuart, Believer, Traralgon in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia There is nothing better than the gift of giving. Knowing you are making a real difference to someone. Here in Australia, we have a h...
Published May 16 2013.
by Mario
A while ago we introduced Angie Arsenault's Living Room Concert series to you. Now she's going to perform one of her concerts together with her mom online. If you'd like to join the 30 min online gig this Saturday at 8 pm CEST (2 pm EDT) you only have to go to t...
Great news for all fans of Broadway Killers (DK), Hogan (IE) and The Outset (DE). Last Monday Sellaband has started the big Band Contest 2013 where those three bands will compete against each other. The countdown has started and the bands have to give their very best to win. And in the end there wil...
Leon, Believer, 29, New York/USA
I would give thousands of dollars!
At the time, I invest in Katy & The Escort Orchestra. I guess, if other people will hear their songs in the future, KEO can conquer a great niche market with a loyal following. I like bands that - by their sound - I believe, c...
Yay!
That is what US based Post Punk New Wave Band Civilized Tears shouted out when they succeeded with their second project on SellaBand. The funding will go towards an E.P/Album – with a sound still unknown. „I guarantee that we will change. Stasis is the epitome of creative insecurity“, reveals ...
Rahel Kraska, Berlin based multimedia and Hip Hop artist, just reached her funding target on inkubato. Anyway it's still time to support her with her project of creating a live DVD of her performance. So be a part of it.
A few days ago I discovered Björk's Biophilia project on Kickstarter. I was about to back it bringing a Biophilia app for Android and Windows 8 to life. But now the project has been canceled. The Biophilia project team issued the following statement about the cancellation:
I've just discovered a new crowdfunding platform - Musicraiser. And there's a project I'd like to point you to - support Italian band Brothers In Law and send them to SXSW (Austin) and get their upcoming album "Hard Times For Dreamers".
Brothers In Law on Musicraiser
Bob Lefsetz has talked about Amanda Palmer in two of his latest newsletters, especially what she's doing right with promoting her music ... read #1 and #2. I don't say Amanda is a role model for every musician. But she simply does a lot right. And ... Amanda replied to Bob Lefsetz ... read it here....
New single from his same-titled upcoming album ...
Life Is Music - Single by CUBWORLD
... a taster from their soon-to-be-released album "Remedies Ahead" crowdfunded on Kickstarter ... great sound ... looking forward to the album ...
... new single of Tim Bennett's Civilized Tears .... great Rock ...
... new single from one of my favourite bands from UK ...
... from their debut album "Plastic Words"
The new album of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has been released last Wednesday ... and I love it...
Just found this piece of cool Alternative Rock on WAFP ... Lunapar from Wrocław ...
Lunapar by Lunapar
Great Indie-Rock from NYC ... EP was released back in 2010 ...
Bastards of Gramercy by Last Stand for Lucy
Cool Indie Pop with some references to New Wave from Italy. Music from their upcoming album ...
Hard Times for Dreamers - Brothers in Law by Brothers in Law
Cool piece of Electronic coming from Kodacrome. Have a listen ...
Perla EP by Kodacrome
Thanks Julian for answering my questions. Wish you good luck with your venture guys. Published on June 11 2013.
by Mario
Good news for all Indie Musicians in Down Under. Today Zoshpit, the first and only Australian music crowdfunding platform, opened its doors. "ZoshPit’s mission is to revolut...
This interview with Benji Rogers has originally been published on August 23 2011.
by Mario
Over the last few weeks Pledgemusic attracted attention with projects of some well-known musicians like Cornershop, Dave McPherson and The Subways. I asked them for an interview and Benji Rogers, one of ...
Thanks to Giovanni Gulino, co-founder of Musicraiser, and the guys there, especially Daniel who made this interview possible. Published on April 04 2013.
by Mario
Musicraiser is a new player on the field of music crowdfunding. Based in Milan, Italy, they support Indie musicians with their plat...
This interview has originally been published on Aug 22 2011
by Mario
In February this year Michael Bogatzki took over the job as the new SellaBand CEO. Since the New SellaBand has started he had to solve a number of problems. After his first 100 days it was time to ask him a few questions.
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