Lately I’ve stumbled upon an Entrepreneur post by Alice Guilhamon about TapTape. Reasons enough for me to get in touch with co-founder Christopher Nolte to talk about why he and Jared van Fleet founded the new player in music crowdfunding focussing on hand-picked crowdfunding campaigns for artists about two years ago. 50K MUSIC: In early…
A few days ago I have finally completed the 2015 Music Crowdfunding Survey of music+crowdfunding and 50K MUSIC MAG and have posted it online. The survey among music crowdfunding supporters has the objective to create a reliable information base pertaining to the topic. The focal points are the demands made towards crowdfunding platforms as well…
A while ago we talked with The bianca Story when they were digging a hole through music industry on wemakeit.ch. Now we have interviewed Rea Eggli, one of the co-founders of wemakeit. We talked about why musicians should join the platform and the Swisscom Music Booster for Swiss bands and musicians … 50K MUSIC: When…
Jack Conte, co-founder of Patreon and one half of Pomplamoose, talks about the benefits for artists and what you can look forward to when signing up to the new service. A few days ago I’ve stumbled upon a new website which I thought you, as an artist, could be interested in – Patreon.com. Patreon leaves the old project-focussed Kickstarter-like approach behind and starts with a modern way of patronage where artists get regular monthly payments from supporters. Here are Jack’s answers: And here you can meet the Patreon team:
Musicraiser is a new player on the field of music crowdfunding. Based in Milan, Italy, they support Indie musicians with their platform. First projects mostly came from Italy but they’re also open for musicians from all across the planet. I talked to Giovanni Gulino, co-founder of Musicraiser, about their first months in this business and their further plans… 50K MUSIC: You’ve started Musicraiser in August last year. How’s business so far? Giovanni: We went online 5 months ago, and we have already funded approximately 70 projects for a total amount raised of € 180,000. As for the collection of musical…
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 the co-founders, provides us with a deep insight into Pledgemusic’s corporate philosophy: 50K MUSIC: You started Pledgemusic together with your mates Rupert, Jayce and Jann back in 2008. What are your experiences during these two and a half years? Would you do it again? Benji: It has been an amazing ride for sure, and personally I am still reeling from it all. I went from being a musician…
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. 50K MUSIC: A little bit more than 100 days ago you took over the job of SellaBand CEO. Do you regret this step with hindsight? Michael: Not at all! It has been and still is a great challenge and I´m happy that we´ve managed the takeover and the first 100 days together with a vast majority of…