Kickstarter and the new music economy

[trisloth]

[I posted this on Monday night over at my Facebook Fan Page, but I wanted to make sure this gets the proper blog treatment]

I recently decided to crowd-source the funding for the production of my new album, instead of waiting a year or more to save money or try to find a label to put it out. By then I'd already be on to the next album, and the label

Comments

[trisloth]

Yay, thank you so much Hannah!!

Speaking of DIY artistry, you have an etsy site, right?

[trisloth]

awesome!

[thesnark]

I, personally, am more willing to put $25 into the pocket of an artist, particularly an artist friend, than half as much into the pockets of douches like Roadrunner Records.

[meemeedarling]

Oooh. I became a fan on FB! cool