has anyone used kickstarter to raise funds for recording/production costs (or any other art projects)? if so, didja have good experiences or bad experiences with it?
Also, my band just started one, take a look-see
http://www.kickstart...hts-next-record
Kickstarter
Started by illya, Apr 26 2011 09:31 AM
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Posted 26 April 2011 - 09:32 AM
not familiar, but this sounds interesting
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Posted 26 April 2011 - 09:44 AM
kickstarter is weird...its really great for some projects where funding early basically amounts to a pre-order. however, theres a lot of kickstarter stuff that is basically asking people to fund their vanity projects with no logical reason or payoff and that shit infuriates me. good luck on yours!
i know a grip of people that have used it for publishing comics/books/etc and it seemed to work out pretty ok
i know a grip of people that have used it for publishing comics/books/etc and it seemed to work out pretty ok
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Posted 26 April 2011 - 09:49 AM
kickstarter is weird...its really great for some projects where funding early basically amounts to a pre-order. however, theres a lot of kickstarter stuff that is basically asking people to fund their vanity projects with no logical reason or payoff and that shit infuriates me. good luck on yours!
i know a grip of people that have used it for publishing comics/books/etc and it seemed to work out pretty ok
Thanks! yeah, I agree, it's weird if you don't offer good rewards, and yeah it does basically amount to a pre-order, which is nice because they take care of all of the online ordering details (for a very small percentage of course) hopefully it works out for us!
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Posted 26 April 2011 - 03:21 PM
I personally know a musician who reached his goal and a filmmaker who did not. I know of other musicians and filmmakers who have reached their goals.
For those not familiar with it... you make a video asking for money for your project and people pledge money. You design rewards on a tier system based on how much they pledge. The minimum might get a credit on the project, a few tiers up might get dinner cooked for them by you. Depends on what you come up with.
If you reach the goal, you get all the money. If you don't, you get no money, and the people who pledged don't pay anything.
I have heard good things about IndieGoGo, too. I understand it's almost identical, except you keep all the money regardless of the goal.
For those not familiar with it... you make a video asking for money for your project and people pledge money. You design rewards on a tier system based on how much they pledge. The minimum might get a credit on the project, a few tiers up might get dinner cooked for them by you. Depends on what you come up with.
If you reach the goal, you get all the money. If you don't, you get no money, and the people who pledged don't pay anything.
I have heard good things about IndieGoGo, too. I understand it's almost identical, except you keep all the money regardless of the goal.
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Posted 27 April 2011 - 09:53 AM
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