My favorite example is ArtistShare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArtistShare
Already they've had two musicians win grammies. One in Jazz and the other I believe was in Latin Music. I've always dreamed of some sort of crowd funded journalism. i.e. 115 people looking for someone to cover podcamp san fran. The closest thing I've seen is Alive in bagdad and Mexico. The issue is I think you have to build an institution around an idea, like a newspaper, or an artist (like artistshare builds around musicians), or a brand. it's to much work to rais money for every event, you have to build the equity in the videographer or artist. -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog On 9/25/07, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just read this good blog post: > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070923-barrier-bustin-internet-may-lead-to-a-music-industry-middle-class.html > > The premise is that there is a burgeoning class of musicians are > forming direct relationships with their fans. This cuts out the > agency middle men...and all the high costs of promotion. Independent > musicians can then hope to make a living by selling their own music > and doing live performances. > > Reading the article, I wonder if you could apply the same logic to > online video. Do independent video makers need to rely on advertising > models....continuing the same relationship to a bloated middle man? Or > will a different relationship develop between people watching and the > people who make the stuff they want to watch? > > jay > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2aodyc > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
