Understanding crowdfunding
Musicians, artists, and music business entrepreneurs need cash to start a project and nurture it to fruition. They are hardly unique in this respect, and face many of the considerations that the general public does: ie. is the need for money for the short-term or for the long-term, is there a small or a large amount of risk involved?
Joshua Grierson's Secret Soirée
The Joshua Grierson Secret Soirée needs 20 fan pledges in order to be confirmed for 10 May at a private venue in Salt River, Cape Town. Secret Soirée is a series of secret and intimate crowdfunded house concerts in the living rooms of fans.
Help bring Stone Cold Jane Austen to life
That guy from Cassette, Jon Savage... Ja, him, he did that MashLab5 thingy with Rob Vember on 5FM. Me too, I was really getting into all those crazy collabs, oh well... That guy's busy, man... Making a movie... Something about the South African music industry - it's a comedy... Er, Stone Cold Jane Austen.
The industry is dead, long live the industry
Bach had the church, Haydn had the Esterházy’s and The Beatles had their fans. Shortest history lesson on music patronage, ever. It’s simple, right? That’s how they paid the bills, so to speak. That is how they kept the roof over their heads and put food in their musical bellies. Or did they?
[Crowdfund Me] Sounds Of Life album completion - Mark Fransman
Award-winning, musician, singer, producer and songwriter Mark Fransman has been working on his third album, Sounds Of Life, for the last 18 months. During this time, he's been financing the recording and mixing of the album personally, but, due to personal financial constraints, he now needs crowdfunding via Thundafund.
