Anyone used Kickstarter to get funding for production?

[drake89]

A friend's band "reached out" to their friends and fanbase to fund a music video through KS recently, and tbh my gut reaction was... to be a little offended.

Granted, I also have strong feelings about modern capitalism in general and the monetization (and subsequent damage done by it) of music, medicine, and ganja: music, to me, should be its own incentive. Period. Merging business with music feels wrong to me. Yes, I know this view comes across as naive and utopian and whatever. And for the record, I'm not opposed to people making a living off their music, but only if the cart of business comes after the musical horse.

Play shows, sell merch, license tunes - fine. But digital panhandling... eh. I think it's more viable for starting a label, but it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth to say "give me money and I'll make some music."

Just my 2 cents tho. Probably just being a curmudgeon as usual.

I know where you're coming from there. I was reading an interview with one of the Winstons about the use of the Amen break over the years - and all the guy did was to moan about how they hadn't been fairly compensated. He was expecting payment decades later for a 6 second drum solo, and he wasn't even the drummer.

Just got me thinking, as my reaction would have been one of pride. If people were playing something i'd made decades later, if it had such a massive influence on the worlds music then i would be extremely proud and amazed.

I think that if money is someones primary reason for making music, they're in it for the wrong reasons. It would certainly be nice to earn a living from music and be able to focus on it 100%, but anything more usually comes down to greed.

sounds like you don't have bills to pay

[VirtualMark]

sounds like you don't have bills to pay

Thanks for your stupid comment. I can confirm that i do indeed have bills to pay - i shall point you to this part of my comment:

It would certainly be nice to earn a living from music and be able to focus on it 100%

I would think that the definition of "making a living" would include the paying of bills, wouldn't you?

[alphacat]

On topic of OP... (and yes, I know that Vice is not "real news." But this is op-ed. )

http://www.vice.com/read/when-kickstart ... -diy-roots