GigFunder

To anyone that has been visiting our page recently, thank you! The site is currently non-functional and needs some major updates, but we don't have the time or money to invest in it. If you are a developer or entrepreneur and would like to get involved in bringing GigFunder back, email Matt at [email protected]! Hope to hear from you!

Interesting regional differences: http://musicmachinery.com/2014/02/25/exploring-regional-listening-preferences/

Exploring regional listening preferences In previous posts we looked at how gender and age can affect listening preferences. Today we take a look at how the location of a listener may affect their listening preferences. For this study, I ...

There's a petition going to prevent the Canadian government from increasing the international touring fee for artists from $150 to $425 per member: https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/canadian-government-to-charge-international-touring-artists-425-per-band-member-per-performance-in-canada-previously-a-1-time-150-fee

Canadian Government to Charge International Touring Artists $425 per Band Member per Performance... An additional $275.00 fee has been added by the Canadian Government to the application for international artists to enter and perform within Canada....

Check out Matt's recent interview with Matthew Lesko about GigFunder here! http://youtu.be/AAkfBnVfE8I

Make Money With Your Talent By Putting On Shows Or Lectures Around the Country

What a missed opportunity to perform an epic private show for 40 people. http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/stop-the-presses/brandy-performs-empty-stadium-171320398.html

Brandy Performs to an Empty Stadium In retrospect, it seems like someone should have said something sooner. Brandy was secretly slated to be the surprise grand finale at the Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day, but since fans had no idea the singer would be the final act at the end of a packed schedule, almost all of them had left [...

More and more people are going to shows every year! Touring has never been as important as it is now!http://media.ticketmaster.com/en-us/img/static/ticketlogy/images/2012_Concert_Trends_v11.pdf

http://media.ticketmaster.com/en-us/img/static/ticketlogy/images/2012_Concert_Trends_v11.pdf

The hilarious Nato Green is going on tour and is letting his fans pick the cities he stops! Start a campaign for your city now! http://gigfunder.com/fan_driven_distance_based_tours/586

Nato Green's The Nato Green Party Tour on GigFunder Nato Green is going on tour! Support the tour on GigFunder!

Slow to Surface is letting fans bring them anywhere on their new tour. Check out the tour page here: http://gigfunder.com/fan_driven_tours/479

http://gigfunder.com/fan_driven_tours/479

Crowdfunded music is going gangbusters: http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/04/crowdfunded-music-projects-raised-2025-million-in-2012-study.html

Crowdfunded Music Projects Raised $202.5 Million In 2012 [STUDY] - hypebot Global crowdfunding grew 81% to $2.7 billion in 2012, successfully funding more than 1 million campaigns, according to a new report from Massolution, a consultancy specializing in the crowdsourcing and crowdfunding industries. Projects related directly to music and the recording arts represented 7.5...

3 Surprising Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Crowdfunding Campaign (It's Not What You Think) - Launch. 3 Surprising Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Crowdfunding Campaign (It’s Not What You Think)byIan Anderson Over the course of our 100 Kickstarters to Learn From series, Levi and I have interviewed close to 200 artists and two of their main concerns are:What to do when you don’t have a fan base, andHow...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/travisrandg/25-musicians-pictured-cradling-cats-5d61

38 Musicians Pictured Cradling Cats Audio Purrrfection: Activated!

Gangnam Style completely animated hand-drawn Post-it notes. It may be a bit late, but it probably took them this long to draw it all. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=Livzdn6Ln_s

PSY - GANGNAM STYLE en Post it !