A few days ago I came across an in many respects outstanding music project on Indiegogo. Toronto-born Blues musician Mike Nagoda collects funds for his upcoming album Outside The Box. We talked about his musical roots, what motivates him to make Blues music with different influences and what he wants to draw attention to with…
Vienna based classical cellist Peter Hudler turns to Jazz. He’s going to record a Cello Jazz and Cross-over album. At the moment he’s raising funds on Indiegogo. Wolfgang talked to him about the campaign. 50K MUSIC: Peter, you started a Crowdfunding-campaign on Indiegogo as a classical cellist to record a Jazz-album. What’s the story behind…
Morph are a two piece Prog Rock band from Gothenburg and Kristianstad, Sweden. A while ago they’ve started their Indiegogo project to fund the band’s second full-length album called Incontrovertible. And it’s still time for you to become a part of the crowdfunding crowd. I talked to Attila and Richard about the campaign and what’s…
With 25 days left and 36% of the total goal already in on her Pledgemusic campaign, Jessica Lynne is bound for glory and her Tennessee recording dreams are just around the corner. When I first moved to Seattle, Jessica Lynne was the very first person I played a show with. It was at a venue…
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…
Sean Hogan is a Canadian singer, songwriter, award winning Independent Canadian Country music artist and cancer survivor. Sean is releasing his two volume album Noteworthy by doing his campaign through Indiegogo. I got lucky enough to catch up with the very busy Sean Hogan and do a Q&A with him about his campaign, new album…
Wolfgang Gumpelmaier has drawn my attention to this Indiegogo tech project – Mikme, a new wireless microphone developed by a team of European and US musicians, designers and engineers. I’ve talked to Mikme founder and CEO Philipp Sonnleitner about how Mikme could support artists making music. 50K MUSIC: You’re running an extremely successful crowdfunding campaign…
A good old friend needs our support. Fleur Jack is back on Indiegogo. Together with her husband Wesley she’s currently crowdfunding the upcoming debut album of The W Lovers. I talked to her about living in Seattle while missing New Zealand, the album and how music crowdfunding has changed over the years … 50K MUSIC:…
Lucia Lilikoi is well known among Sellaband believers. In 2008 she funded her album Tame The Night with the support of her fans. Now she’s back with her new album Vessel and we can create something great again together. I talked to Lucia about her current Indiegogo campaign … 50K MUSIC: It’s been a while…
It’s not exactly uncommon to find a musician with multiple itches that need scratching, where the full-time band, or “day-job” if you will, isn’t hitting the all the spots. Take the case of drummer Hannes Grossmann of Germany’s progressive death metal maestros Obscura. He also sits behind the kit of tech metal super-group Blotted Science alongside one Ron Jarzombek and Cannibal Corpse’s Alex Webster. Add in Hannes’ time with Necrophagist and you have one busy guy. It is however not quite enough and the stickman is looking to bring his solo compositions, in The Radial Covenant, to life. The new…