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Success: BlueJay Music Secures Nearly £155,000 Through Closed Invesdor Campaign

London-based music streaming service, BlueJay Music, has completed its equity crowdfunding round on Invesdor with nearly £155,000 in funding. The platform launched the initiative in March, seeking £150,000. During the final week, the funding target was achieved. The music platform claimed it adds a new dimension… Read More

Update: BlueJay Music Surpasses £150,000 Funding Target on Invesdor

With its Invesdor campaign set to close this upcoming Monday (May 8th), London-based music streaming service, BlueJay Music, has successfully secured its initial £150,000 funding target from nearly 20 investors. The campaign was launched at the end of March and is seeking a max of… Read More

Kickstarter Hits New Milestone: Funds 25,000 Music Projects

Kickstarter’s first head of music, Molly Neuman, announced on Friday it hit a new crowdfunding milestone. The portal has helped 25,000 music projects successfully secured their funding targets. According to Neuman, 22,702 independent creators behind the projects have recorded albums, funded tours, founded labels, premiered… Read More

TLC Releases First Single “Way Back” From Kickstarter-Funded Album

On Thursday, all-girl music group TLC premiered the first single from their Kickstarter-funded album. The new song, which is called “Way Back,” features Snoop Dogg. Bandmate, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, shared on her Twitter. Yes The Time Has Come #WAYBACK Single f/ #SnoopDogg Tomm #iheart #BigBoi Show 10am/pst… Read More

TLC Manager Announces: Kickstarter Album Will Be Released on June 30th

Bill Diggins, the manager of the TLC, announced on Tuesday the all-girl group’s Kickstarter-funded album is set to be released on June 30th. This news comes just two years after the project secured $430,255 from 4,201 backers. As previously reported, TLC hit the crowdfunding platform in 2015 to raise… Read More

Music Streaming Service BlueJay Music Seeks £150,000 Through Invesdor Initiative

BlueJay Music, a London-based music streaming service, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor. The company is currently seeking a minimum of £150,000 (max £300,000) as it prepares for expansion. The company claimed it adds a new dimension to online music. Users just simply… Read More

TLC Manager Confirms Kickstarter-Funded Album is Tentatively Scheduled For June 2017 Release

Bill Diggins, the manager of TLC, announced on Monday an update about the all-girl group’s Kickstarter-funded album, which is tentatively scheduled to be released at the end of June 2017. TLC hit the crowdfunding platform in 2015 to raise $150,000 for their fifth and final album. The group, which originally… Read More

Kickstarter Announces Campaigners Heading to the 2017 Grammy Awards

With the 2017 Grammy Awards to be held this Sunday (February 12th), Kickstarter announced campaigners, who have used its crowdfunding platform for funding, that received nominations for this year’s award show. Check out the full list of campaigners nominated: Nominated for Best Rap Album: De La… Read More

Ed Sheeran Teams Up With Seedrs Alum Twickets For April & May Concerts to Stop Fans From Buying Overpriced Tickets

Ready to give back to fans wanting to attend his concerts, musician Ed Sheeran announced it is partnering with Seedrs alum, Twickets, for his upcoming April and May shows to stop online touts from selling tickets for up to £1,000 each. A representative of the… Read More

“Weird Al” Yankovic Teams Up With Legacy and PledgeMusic to Launch Crowdfunding Campaign For Career-Spanning Box Set

“Weird Al” Yankovic, one of rock music’s famous satirist, is partnering with Legacy Recordings and PledgeMusic to launch a crowdfunding campaign for the release of his career-spanning box set, Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic.  The Squeeze Box consists all 14 of Weird Al’s studio… Read More

Electronic Sound Publisher Seeks £175,000 on Crowdcube to Build Magazine Portfolio

Pam Communications, the publisher behind electronic music magazine Electronic Sound, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube and is seeking £175,000 as it prepares to build onto its portfolio. According to Pam Communication, Electronic Sound is sold in more than 220 WHSmiths and over… Read More

Overfunding: Twickets Secures £700,000 Funding Target on Seedrs

Twickets, a London-based ticket resale platform, has successfully secured its initial £700,000 funding target on Seedrs. The company launched the equity crowdfunding campaign last month to gather more funds to grow and develop its platform. As previously reported, the platform has achieved more than  £2.7 million in ticket… Read More

Online Marketplace The North American Guitar Launches Crowdcube Initiative

Online marketplace for guitars, The North American Guitar, has launched a campaign on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The website is seeking 350,000 for growth and expansion. Founded in 2011, The North American Guitar notably provides a convenient and inform way to purchase both high-end guitars… Read More

Atari Teams Up With ROAM to Launch Indiegogo Campaign For Games & Music Lovers Earphones

On Tuesday, gaming giant Atari and audio company ROAM launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $50,000 for their new sure-fit earphones, GameON. This news comes just a few months after the companies announced their partnership. According to Atari and ROAM, the GameOn earphones were… Read More

Update: 8tracks Secures Over $2.1M As SeedInvest Campaign Nears Closing Date

With just one week until its SeedInvest campaign comes to an end, 8tracks has reportedly secured over $2.1 million from more than 4,000 investors. The crowd-curated internet radio service took to the equity crowdfunding platform earlier this summer with a mission to sell up to $11… Read More

Yancey Strickler Backs Otown’s Fourth Album Kickstarter Initiative

Over the weekend, 90’s all boy-band Otown launched a Kickstarter for their fourth album.The group revealed that this is the first time that they are creating an album free of any label. They noted: “We decided to take on the challenge of reviving Otown, a… Read More

Music Industry’s Abbey Konowitch, Rob Cavallo, & Tommy Tallarico Team Up to Launch RockmanaiaLive! Campaign on StartEngine

On Monday, music industry leaders Abbey Konowitch, founder/executive producer and former record/television executive at MTV, Disney Music, and Madonna’s Maverick Records), Rob Cavallo, executive music producer, and Tommy Tallarico, creative director and creator of Video Games Live, teamed up to launch a new crowdfunding venture on… Read More

De La Soul’s Kickstarter Album “And the Anonymous Nobody” Hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rap Charts

Less than two weeks after release Kickstarter-funded album, And the Anonymous Nobody, De La Soul’s highly anticipated record has already hit number one on Billboard’s Top Rap Albums (dated September 17th). According to Billboard, the album already leads the chart with 21,000 copies sold last week. The media outlet also… Read More

Finally!: De La Soul Releases Kickstarter-Funded Album “And the Anonymous Nobody”

It’s finally here – on Friday, hip-hop band De La Soul released their first full-length album in 11 years, and the Anonymous Nobody. The group, which consists of Vincent Mason, David Jude Jolicoeur, and Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer, took to Kickstarter last year with a mission to raise only… Read More

De La Soul Unveils Usher Collaborated Single “Greyhounds” Less Than Two Weeks Before Kickstarter Funded Album Release (Video)

With their Kickstarter album,  And The Anonymous Nobody…, set to be released on August 26th, hip-hop trio De La Soul unveiled their new Usher collaborated single, Greyhounds.  The group, which consists of Vincent Mason, David Jude Jolicoeur, and Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer, took to the crowdfunding giant with a mission to raise… Read More

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