50K MUSIC MAG #16 is out!

50K MUSIC MAG NewsPublished April 29, 2011 at 07:59 No Comments

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).

Grassroots Democracy for Fans

Interview Music Business NewsPublished February 6, 2011 at 22:36 1 Comment

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 …

They Want to Save the World from Bad Music

Music Business Newly Discovered News Punk RockPublished January 21, 2011 at 23:08 2 Comments

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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