Get Your Fans to Pay Your Recording Costs
Recording an album is a costly, time-consuming process. For independent artists, it represents perhaps the single biggest expense. And when you’re on a limited budget, every dollar to recording means one dollar less to your touring/new instrument/2 minute noodle budget.
Some enterprising artists are avoiding the recording roadblock in the most ingenious way: getting their fans to pay for it. Not only does this lighten the burden on the artist, it builds rapport between the artist and the fans. How good will your fans feel when, as
a collective, they can proudly say – if it wasn’t for us, this album would never have been made.
Have a look here and here for some good examples.
Can you think of a more creative, meaningful, productive way to engage your fans?
