Posted in Articles on 04/16/2010 11:51 am by admin
Here’s a great article on e-How that mentions us!:
How to Raise Money to Record a CD
Recording a
CD
can be an expensive venture. Most professional recording studios charge by the hour and the total costs incurred can rack up pretty fast if you’re taking your time to make sure you record the best album you can. However, you can raise money to put towards the cost of a CD in ways you may not have thought about. Using the Internet and networking with people in your community, you may be able to raise the extra money you need to record a CD.
Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Instructions
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Step 1
Register at a website like Feedthemuse.net or slicethepie.com. These sites are designed to allow musicians to raise money to record a CD, tour and accomplish anything else an artist needs capital to do.
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Step 2
Create your profile at these sites. Upload pictures and any music you might have previously recorded. Include as much information as possible to sell your band to the public.
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Step 3
Write up a mission statement/pitch for your project. Describe just how much money you need to record your CD, what kind of music you play, and other details about your music. Be specific about your intent.
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Step 4
Submit your pitch to the website and wait to see if your project is accepted. The more unique the project, the more likely it is that it will be accepted.
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Step 5
Offer rewards to people who donate money. After your project is accepted, you can create a pay scale in which fans get bigger rewards the more money they donate. For example, you may offer a fan that donates $50 the chance to have her name in the liner notes of your CD. You may offer a fan that donates $200 this same reward on top of getting a chance to name one of your songs.
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Step 6
Use shows as a fundraising opportunity. Keep a donation box at your merchandise table. During your set, announce to the audience that you are accepting donations to record a CD. Organize shows yourself and use any profits you have to record your CD.
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Step 7
Alert your fans to the fact that you need to raise money to record a CD. Post often about it on social networking sites and on your website. Offer special rewards to people who donate money, such as an autographed CD (when you record it) and T-shirt.
Posted in Announcements, Articles, Music, Uncategorized on 04/16/2010 11:46 am by admin
Greetings Musers!
So, as you may notice, we haven’t given this area much attention lately. That’s because we have been focused on making the site more robust and adding new features for you so that you can a operate a really successful campaign. Specifically we have added the premium pages, with all kinds of features to make your fund raising a great experience.
We are also elevating our partnerships with other great industry sites in order to broaden our network and expand the opportunities afforded to you.
Going forward we will be using this section to keep you informed of our progress, post information we feel will be educational and informative…basically all of the stuff that we feel will better serve you.
Posted in Announcements on 07/14/2009 04:15 pm by admin
The artists who have signed up for Feed The Muse may have noticed that we added a tools link at the bottom of the page to aid in getting the word out about your Feed The Muse campaign. We’ve started with some templates to use in e-mails or blog posts to fans, and our goal is to keep updating the page with new tips and ideas on making a successful campaign.
We’ve also worked out the kinks with our Rich Text editor, so now artists should be able to post a better-looking pitch on their profile. If you’ve already posted your profile, we highly recommend going in and updating to the rich text.
We’ll also be rolling out the Feed The Muse forums within the next few days, so users will have a space on the site to ask questions and share thoughts with both the Feed The Muse staff and other users in the community. As soon as it’s up and ready, we’ll tell you where to go.
Check it all out, update your profiles and feel free to start using the templates, and let us know what else you’d like to see!
Posted in Announcements on 06/19/2009 01:32 pm by admin
Thanks for checking out Feed The Muse and supporting some of your favorite independent artists, bands, and filmmakers! Right now, our site is still in the “beta” phase, which means we’re still working hard to make the site even better for you, the users. Of course, the best way to know what needs improvement is feedback from people like you who use the site. So if you find something that you think could be made better, catch a bug on the site that needs to be fixed, or just have a suggestion of what you’d like to see here, tell us! Send an e-mail to support@feedthemuse.net or comment below and let us know your thoughts. The feedback you provide will have a huge impact on how the site evolves and where we go from here. Thanks for joining us on the ride.
Posted in Announcements on 05/20/2009 11:16 am by admin
Support independent musicians, visual artists and filmakers using this convenient e-commerce solution. Give as little as $1 or as much as you like. The economic boost will help a band to finance their next tour, a painter to fund her next exhibit, or an aspiring director to put some creativity in the can.
If you are the artist, use this site to communicate with your supporters and share with them what amazing things the additional funds have allowed you to do.
Creativity comes as inspiration…but inspiration can always use a hand.
