As I write this, I am preparing to leave for what promises to be the most unusual AmericanaFest ever. As this goes live, many of you will just be returning from what was hopefully an enjoyable one nonetheless. While […]
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One of the things I love most about writing Crowdfunding Radar is finding young artists few have heard of (myself included) and boosting the signal for their first album, or first professionally produced album. That’s what most people think of […]
Over the past few months, this column has been built around themes. This isn’t intentional but, instead, a result of my looking at the dozen or so campaigns I toss in my “maybe” folder at the end of a […]
In my last column, I wrote about the multinational nature of Americana music. Because my mind sometimes leaps to weird places, it made me spend these last two weeks thinking about place. Specifically, how place affects music. In some […]
Since my last column, the initial lineup for AmericanaFest was released and, as I have done every time I’ve previewed the festival for various outlets since 2010, I emphasize just how international AmericanaFest, and Americana itself, really is. While […]
If you’ve ever been to a leadership or marketing class or training, you’ve probably heard of the “elevator pitch.” It’s sales-speak for a quick pitch to pique interest, in these scenarios the length of an elevator ride. Artists considering […]
A lot of people, including the Americana Music Association themselves, have poked fun at the impossible to define “Americana” genre label that puts X and Willie Watson together under one umbrella. But since I read Brandi Carlile’s Broken Horses […]
Every generation has those moments that bind us, those near universal experiences that define an era. Sometimes they’re significant historical moments: “Where were you when Challenger exploded?” Sometimes, they’re more cultural: “What were you doing when you found out […]
Every week, dozens of artists launch crowdfunding campaigns. Even within a specific genre, you’re competing with a large number of people in search of help from a finite pot of money. While the majority of campaign pledges come from […]
Internet crowdfunding was born when British prog-rockers Marillion found their label unwilling to fund a tour of the United States. Their solution was to cut the label out of the process and go directly to their fans to fund […]
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