Crowdfunding
(Hypebot) — Spotify has renamed its Artist Fundraising Pick feature as Fan Support and shared some stats that show how many artists and ...
Read More
Progressive Rock Band Marillion Seeks To Crowdfund COVID-19 Tour ‘Insurance’
(CelebrityAccess) — After being unable to secure tour insurance against COVID-19, veteran progressive rock group Marillion is asking their fan base to pitch ...
Read More
Is It Time For A Music Crowdfunding Comeback?
(Hypebot) — When was the last time that you read an article about music crowdfunding? I’ll bet it’s been a while. From 2012 ...
Read More
The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Slava Rubin
Slava Rubin was a cofounder and CEO of crowdfunding platform Indiegogo and in addition to being a founder and managing partner of investment ...
Read More
Patreon Announces Layoffs Amid Surge In Creator Enrollment
(Hypebot) — Patreon has laid off 30 employees or 13% of staff because of economic pressures from the current COVID-19 crisis. Kickstarter is ...
Read More
Spotify For Artists Launching New Feature For COVID-19 Fundraising
(Hypebot) — With artists facing dwindling revenue sources, and all shows and tours currently on hold, these are tough times indeed for the ...
Read More
Concert Crowdfunding As A New Way to Fund Shows – Is It Viable?
(Hypebot) — While a lot of industry focus is put on selling or – more often – streaming music, the reality is that ...
Read More
ROCCR Promises A Non-Profit, Transparent PledgeMusic
(Hypebot) — As the effects of the collapse of crowdfunder PledgeMusic rippled through the music community, Iain Baker of UK rock group Jesus ...
Read More
A Legal View Of The Fall Of PledgeMusic and What Could Happen Next
(Hypebot) — Earlier this week, Hypebot published an important Music Biz Weekly podcast interview with Attorney Chris Castle delving into the demise of PledgeMusic ...
Read More
Experts Weigh Future Of Music Crowdfunding In The Post-PledgeMusic World
(Hypebot) — Has crowdfunding for musicians become too risky? Is it dead altogether? These kinds of questions are being asked by tens of ...
Read More