Re: Anyone used Kickstarter to get funding for production?
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:51 pm
sounds like you don't have bills to payVirtualMark wrote: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.alphacat wrote: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.
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.
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