Alex Highton is back again. He’s funding his upcoming album Welcome To Happiness on Pledgemusic. I talked to him about the campaign and what kind of album we can expect … 50K MUSIC: It’s been a while since we’ve talked. How has the world been treating you in the meantime? Alex: Life is good. Nothing…
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…
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…
Only two days left and the waiting is over. Oskar Schuster is going to release his Pledgemusic funded new album Tristesse Télescopique and I talked to him about his work and what comes next after the album release … 50K MUSIC: It’s been in October last year that we’ve talked about your upcoming album. Tristesse…
We featured The Subways back in March 2011 when they funded their album Money and Celebrity on Pledgemusic. Now they’re back again for a pre-order campaign to get their upcoming self-titled album out in February next year. I talked to Charlotte about funding, touring and the plans for the next months … 50K MUSIC: It’s…
We’ve featured Oskar Schuster when he funded his album “Sneeuwland” on Sellaband. Now he’s on Pledgemusic with his current crowdfunding project – his third album to be released in May 2015. I talked to him about the Pledgemusic campaign, his upcoming album and what he’s busy with at the moment … 50K MUSIC: It’s been…
Die Happy are celebrating 20 years of band history with a Pledgemusic campaign. And their fans are ready to back the new album – Die Happy have reached more than 130% of their goal and still 97 days left to pledge. I talked to Thorsten Mewes, guitarist of the band, about the direct-to-fan experience and the new album … 50K MUSIC MAG: It’s been a while since we heard of Die Happy. Your album “Red Box” came out back in 2010. What happened since then? Thorsten: After touring the album and an incredible accoustic tour 2011 we had to celebrate…
Unsung Lilly is ready to take the next step after their EP and produce their debut album. We talked to Sera about their Pledgemusic project and the upcoming record… The band was formed by Sera, Russ, Alan and Wayne who played together for many years in different projects, but when the urge to create their own songs came up they felt like they needed something extra, that’s when Frankie joined the band and their current line up took form. The band is not limited by any genres, they just travel around sounds and play whatever feels good. You can cherish…
A few days ago Sabrina has written about the current Pledgemusic campaign of Garland Jeffreys. Now we talk to Garland himself about this project and his experience with music crowdfunding so far and the upcoming album … 50K MUSIC: You’ve just started a Pledgemusic campaign to fund your upcoming album. What made you think about crowdfunding? Garland: A few people had suggested it to us, and we have artist friends who’d had successful campaigns – James Maddock, Willie Nile and Jesse Malin – and we decided the time was right to make the move. Benji and Mike are great at…
Alex Highton has toured the Continent in April this year and played gigs in Germany, Holland and Belgium. I talked to him about the tour and his new plans for an upcoming album… 50K MUSIC: One month ago you’ve returned from your Germany/Netherlands/Belgium tour. I guess it’s good to be back home, isn’t it? Alex: It’s great to be home. I missed my family. 50K MUSIC: Please tell us something about the tour. Where has it led you to? Alex: I went all over. I had some crazy journeys in between dates. From Berlin to Wuppertal took me 10 hours!…