Crowdfunding has quickly become a popular method of raising money for creative projects. Over the past few months, we’ve been putting The Musician’s Guide to Crowdfunding together, a collection of articles and resources breaking down the ins-and-outs of raising money for your next album, tour, music video, or other musical venture. Check it out below:
- Choosing Crowdfunding to Raise Money: Why should you use crowdfunding to raise money for your next album? Read this article to find out.
- Budgets, Pledge Amounts, and Rewards: Determining the right pledge amounts and rewards is essential to maximizing the amount of money you raise during your crowdfunding campaign.
- Getting Started with Kickstarter (For Musicians): We put our own words into action and completed a Kickstarter project to raise money for a compilation album. This article walks you through our Kickstarter project setup.
- 3 Lessons from Kickstarter’s Most Successful Music Project: Julia Nunes recently set the record for Kickstarter’s most successful music crowdfunding project, raising $77,888 over her campaign. We dissected it.
Coming soon:
- Promoting your crowdfunding campaign and getting pledges.
- Choosing the right crowdfunding platform.
- Fulfilling your rewards.
- More…
If you’re looking to raise money for your for your next music industry project, crowdfunding is definitely a method to consider. Make sure to stay up to date with Go Forth Music’s “Musician’s Guide to Crowdfunding” series by:
- Following us on Twitter
- Subscribing to our email list
- Becoming a fan of our Facebook page
- Checking our site frequently for updates.
At Go Forth Music, we’re here to serve you. If you need help with any of your creative projects, let us know. We even help artists/bands set up crowdfunding campaigns! To contact us, fill out our contact form and describe your project needs. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Even if you don’t have a specific project in mind, we’d like to hear from you and learn what features and articles you’d like to see on the site.
Good luck on your crowdfunding campaign!