Tag Archives | amanda palmer

18 May 2012

How did Amanda Palmer raise over half a million dollars from her fans in under a week?

Well known social media user and musician Amanda Palmer recently started a campaign using Kickstarter.

09 June 2011

20 ways to make money when music is free online

Have you ever been to the circus? Seen the high wire act and the clowns? How do they make most of their money? Candy floss. Candy floss is cheap to make (essentially just sugar) and massively profitable. For a band your music and live performance is the circus show, so what is the equivalent of [...]

08 October 2010

10 ideas for gigs in unusual places

Are you bored of playing the same local venues as everybody else? Looking for a way of getting press by doing something special? Here are some places you can play that are unusual and interesting both for musicians and audiences. Get people talking and make things interesting (some of these ideas may require approval by [...]