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Free Download: The Shills Release “Some They Try” Single
posted: March 30, 2015
The Shills have just released a new single, called “Some They Try,” and are now offering it as a free download. The band is celebrating having reached their PledgeMusic goal, with the funds going toward a new…
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Ben Folds Five Set September 18 Release Date For First Full-Length In 13 Years
posted: July 18, 2012
Ben Folds Five have announced that September 18 will be the official release date of their first full“length album since 1999’s The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. A lot has changed since the group called it…
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Exclusive Q and A: Ben Folds Talks Crowd Funding, Amanda Palmer and A New Kind of Fan Community
posted: May 22, 2012
With record labels in a precarious spot, many up-and-coming bands have been turning to crowd funding as a way to raise money for touring, recording, merch production and more. Major artists have taken note, with…
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Industrial Revolution: Kickstarter Fatigue
posted: May 26, 2011
The artist funding platform Kickstarter is estimated to have injected $13 million into what is being called the new music economy over the span of the two years since the site’s launch. Kickstarter is based…
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