Meanwhile John C Fraser started the funding for his third project – the Documentary Project. After the release of his debut album “The Odd One Out” he has constantly promoted his music. I talked to him about his projects and his further plans … 50K MUSIC: You’ve released your fan funded album “The Odd One
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After a while of silence here on 50K MUSIC I wanted to reappear with some new videos I discovered lately. Some of them are little bit older, some are quite commercial, not really indie … but, I like them. First are Bombay Bicycle Club “Dust On The Ground” … I like the voice of their
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Enjoy Alex Highton performing live his latest single release “Village Life”…
Jurjen, a friend since the time when SellaBand had its better days, has sent me over a review about a Spanish fan-funding platform. And here it comes … In the summer of 2010 I joined AUAMUSIC.COM as a fan…
It’s been a while since Fleur’s last write-up. So I asked her to update us about the album production. And here it is: Last time I wrote for 50K MAG, I wrote about how making an album seems to take forever and can drive you totally mad while you wait for it to take shape …
They are among my favourites for a while already. Dutch Folk-Pop band The Black Atlantic is touring Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Poland and Germany. Check the schedule…
Latest edition of TalentCast’s radio show is on air now. Johan is struggling with the Finnish Ä and Y sounds while making the programme. So you already know that one Finnish band is featured in the new TalentCast programme … There is also music from Poland, the Netherlands, Britain, Germany… and not only. Don’t miss
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I know I promised to publish a Weekly Radar every week … but it turned out to be a little bit difficult to find the time every week. I will write it as regularly as possible. First I’d like to introduce PickTheBand.com to you, a so called fan run label. Sponsored by a big headphone
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Here’s another video mixtape from 50K MUSIC. First a great video from Amycanbe … I love this video … spread the word! Get a taste of Mount Fabric playing “Sarah and the Multiverse” live … Btw, their new EP “Secretly an Astronaut” is out now and you can download it on Hairy Wolves Bandcamp Site
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Finally it’s done! Issue #16 of 50K MUSIC MAG is out after a long period of silence. Enjoy reading about Alex Highton, The Subways, Cornershop and a lot more. Also I have included the two interviews with fan-funding platform founders Benji Rogers (Pledgemusic) and Peter Sorgenfrei (Crowdbands).
Started a few weeks ago I’d like to continue the Weekly Radar and keep on publishing it in the future. Artists: Gruff Rhys … Drownedinsound.com did a fine interview with him. BOA … were featured in several music magazines and blogs: French YIN Magazine, Dutch Hunting Ensemble, … hopefully more in the future. Music Think
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BOA have released their single “Push” and get D-rotation on Swedish radio station P3. They will be gigging tomorrow at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg. I really like their refreshing Pop and hope they’ll get the attention they deserve.
Today I started the new mobile site of 50K MUSIC with some new features for mobile users. I hope you’ll like the new opportunities to follow 50K MUSIC news and use the community features to keep in touch with each other. Check it out and let me know what you think…
Today I’m going to start 50K MUSIC Weekly Radar to provide you with the latest news about independent music and (fan-funding) music business in a nutshell.
Making an album always seams to take forever. I am rehearsing twice, sometimes three times a week with my band on my solo songs, getting ready to hit the studio and while it’s obvious we are making great progress, I can’t help but feel like i’m not moving fast enough! It’s that feeling of being
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Independent Music got a huge boost with this year’s Grammy award for Best New Artist as unsigned artist Esperanza Spalding beat out the well-know artist Justin Bieber, as well as the high-profile artists Drake and Florence & the Machine. Living in Los Angeles, the home of the Grammy’s, I caught a story on one of
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About two weeks ago I introduced Crowdbands.com here on 50K MUSIC. After publishing the post I got in touch with HQ and asked Peter Sorgenfrei, co-founder of Crowdbands.com, about the concept and their further plans …
Just discovered a new crowdfunding site on the net. Crowdbands.com tries out a whole new approach to crowdfunding or more precisely to fan involvement. On Crowdbands you can decide almost everything what musicians should do or not do, e.g. which songs will appear on an album, who should be partners for album production and a
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After the release of “Anybody” video a few weeks ago Tim Bennett released the second video – “Unamerican” – from his album “Miseducated”. Tim finds himself in the role of Clyde Barrow, a bank robber who kidnaps a teller played by Bambi Monroe … great video:
Crazy times on Pledgemusic or a well arranged promo campaign of big labels? Is this still Indie or does it hurt already?
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