Crowdfunding Music : A look at crowdfunding as an alternative source of funding for independent creators within the recorded music industry

2017

Master's thesis Music Management MU501 - University of Agder 2017 With larger crowdfunding campaigns getting the media hype for crowdfunding going, crowdfunding is often touted as the future of creative project funding. With examples like Amanda Palmer always being presented, is crowdfunding the future and saviour of funding for recorded music projects? This is what this thesis is trying to answer, to see if crowdfunding is a suitable alternate way of funding projects. The subject is an oftendiscussed one, but a subject that has not seen much academic research. The success of Amanda Palmer can often be put down to her already having fans from previous work with The Dresden Dolls. But that i…