I wasn't quite certain, then I looked at the "leaders". Theres already quite a few artists who have raised over $25,000, and are over half way there! The top 10 artists alone have raised over $200,000 so far.
Its a great concept. It sucks for me though, because I had planned on doing something similar, and now I find out my idea isn't that original :-(
Sellaband looks like another site trying to make a buck on the hard work and naivety of struggling musicians. Their "expert" producers are c-list producers at best, their A&R people aren't any of the industry's big names and are a completely unnecessary part of the transaction. The company takes a publishing % into perpetuity, owns masters, and it looks like they're over inflating costs - that's probably where they're making their profit. This is a really bad idea for any band, and a waste of money from the fan perspective.
Amie St. is a company that I think has some really good disruptive potential in the music indsutry. I love the idea and am glad to see they're getting some weight thrown behind them.
Zaydana: I think there's potential for someone to come in and do this properly, Sellaband has exploitive industry slime all over it.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 9.3 ms ] threadIts a great concept. It sucks for me though, because I had planned on doing something similar, and now I find out my idea isn't that original :-(
Sellaband looks like another site trying to make a buck on the hard work and naivety of struggling musicians. Their "expert" producers are c-list producers at best, their A&R people aren't any of the industry's big names and are a completely unnecessary part of the transaction. The company takes a publishing % into perpetuity, owns masters, and it looks like they're over inflating costs - that's probably where they're making their profit. This is a really bad idea for any band, and a waste of money from the fan perspective.
Amie St. is a company that I think has some really good disruptive potential in the music indsutry. I love the idea and am glad to see they're getting some weight thrown behind them.
Zaydana: I think there's potential for someone to come in and do this properly, Sellaband has exploitive industry slime all over it.