Profoundly good stuff. I've been thinking for a while now about busking, but have been hung up on the idea of asking (too much like begging). This talk could be the insight I need. ---------- Lucky Lester
The key here is having fans in the first place. That is the real million dollar issue. She was able to get the support of her fans and not random people.
So, this isn't a new lesson. A generation ago, acts made money from their fans. Today, they make money through their fans. The modes through which fans fund the artist is different.
The real lesson here is not about busking, or using kickstarter, or asking fans for resources - it is about making deep connections with your fan base. She has found ways to make connections with people and build relationships. The focus is on the relationship and not the artist.
Too many musicians, especially those who haven't hit the "big time" spend way too much time focused on themselves and end up alienating people. You see this all the time in blues...in fact, it is encouraged to a large extent. Successful artists like her reach out to fans...they don't expect people to reach out to them. ---------- Mantra Customized Harmonicas My Website
'Too many musicians, especially those who haven't hit the "big time" spend way too much time focused on themselves and end up alienating people. You see this all the time in blues...in fact, it is encouraged to a large extent. Successful artists like her reach out to fans...they don't expect people to reach out to them.'
I wish the front man of our band understood this. ---------- Lucky Lester
Frank, the fact that she got 1.2 million in funds from a Kickstarter campaign has my attention!
Here is her music:
To share the good with the bad, some people have criticized her model, since she was asking local musicians to come play for free (although the article sounds more like they were complaining more about the state of making money in music and trying to gin up a story.)
There is even a Facebook page "Amanda Palmer's Eyebrows", so you don't seem to be the only one to notice. Maybe that's the point. If you are standing in a sea of talented people who gets remembered?
