I always tell myself and other musician clients and fans, “You don’t want transitory, massive Digg-like traffic hits on your stupid shit. about half of those are fans. DonkeyBox (Greenday and Metallica doing the funky chicken dance together). 25 true fans by 3 months ), making 1000 true fans will definitely be a plausible goal as I dream of getting to do what I love to do for people that find it lovely! This being said, I hope to have generated some “True” fans through this method. 1 reader at a time These fans in turn get immediate notifications of anything the creator produces, and also get discounts on any premium items released. I haven’t read every post here yet, but will certainly learn a lot from them. This is a great post and I shared it on my blog. Being English, I’ll work in Pounds Sterling for an example and use as my target the alleged ‘mean’ wage here. Mystery has cannibalistic tendencies. Thanks ! One of this site led me here. Because I dig it. Biz kredi başvurunuzu bekliyor. I have heard about this theory before from a various people, including Tim and after reading the full version here I was reminded that Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth said something very similar years ago in an interview. I’m interested to see your progress?Â, excellent insight and motivation. You have reached viral stage on this post, I think I’ve seen it mentioned in posts and twitts and such now more than any other post of the last week. Both of them seem to be following, among other strategies exactly what you have laid out here, the beauty of the approach is that dead-weight overhead is minimized, and the ability to diffuse the message by multiple paths is unhindered by the lack of conventional “blockbuster” success. Some only worked with me during birthdays or holidays. I help out a nonprofit that doesn’t have a marketing department and I run fund raising events for them. Millennia? If a solo artist can nurture enough fans all by themselves to make a living, then can’t the artist who isn’t interested in doing it themselves hire one person to do it for them? welcome to my bookmarks! As a serial “1,000 fans” member, an investor in micro-patronage projects, and an occasional creator, I’d like to sound a note of caution. These other revenue streams should be considered to round out the picture you paint above of direct support by users. Some people claim that Michael Jackson sold more records following is death but in reality that shows the love and strength of fans. It takes a LOT of work but is completely possible. After I discovered I was on the cheap-end of the scale, I went from being one of the lowest-priced in my town ($80/hour) to the top-tier most expensive ($110/hour). A performer who can’t find enough local interest might well find enough fans spread around the world to support his work. You know what happened to cause that? Sci-Fi & Fantasy 07/06/17: Far Pangaea 02 : Party Central (4.64) Life goes on. Independently of the SPP, I came up with the Digital Art Auction (http://www.digitalartauction.com). i am an artist and, if anything, i’d like to do BOTH–make true fans that help me build an earnest return which also helps me to ‘make it’ financially. My challenge is that my current True Fans by one of my products for one event – their wedding. They would turn their friends on to me who would buy one or two. Just one. Guest posting on authority blogs makes more sense in getting your 100 true fans that will fall in love with you. I think every entertainer needs fans even preachers do. If you ever wanted to work one on one with anyone and test this theory, I would be 1000% game. They have you sign their copies. video over the internet to connect more closely with those who can pay You have many comments – both good and not so good. No need for a physical media distribution network. You need a site that removes all the hassles in site management and fund-raising. two things were overlooked and they’re even basic economics: 1. in order for hardcore fans to spend $100 per year on you, you have to be able to offer (new) things worth $100 per year. facebook recognizes paid likes and purges them. *Home Improvement ‘Commercial’ art such as photography, feature writing or design is more often based on a model of selling to an outlet – a publication, website, agency, gallery etc – either on a bespoke, commissioned basis or as a one-off sale. We, as a small upcoming business, can take a lot from this. And there was no internet or anything back then to allow it to exist as a sideline enterprise. This is a fantastic idea, but it occurs to me that this idea has particular challenges when it comes to musicians. They will buy the super deluxe re-issued hi-res box set of your stuff even though they have the low-res version. I play in a Canadian based band just starting our career in music and the article has given me lots of new ideas about ways we could potentially generate income to keep our creative dreams alive. With iTunes now the 2nd largest music seller in the world, of any kind, it’s a place to send those 1000 folks. It was written before the advent of Kickstarter, Indiegogo and other crowdfunding sites, and includes more the idea’s history. To everyone’s success! a stand-alone gourmet market who has devoted followers & customers. If you don’t have the marketing skills and if you don’t sell your stuff to fans, you will be a starving artist. I feel that most of my peers (DJs and musicians) have this belief that the only way to make an artist living is to ‘sell out’ to what the majority is demanding.