Category archives: Crowdfunding

PledgeMusic Issues Update As Talks To Save It Continue

PledgeMusic, which has been plagued by months of late payments and non-payments to artists, has issued a new statement as part of an aggressive attempt to save the struggling music crowdfunding platform, which many artists, labels and marketers have come to rely on. This week, founder Benji Rogers returned to…

PledgeMusic Cofounder Benji Rogers Returns to Help Clean Up the Payments Mess

PledgeMusic has been giving artists the run around for months about payments. Now co-founder Benji Rogers is returning to help straighten out the mess. Rogers announced yesterday that he is returning to the company he helped found on a voluntary basis….

PledgeMusic Co-Founder Benji Rogers Returns As Advisor, Promises 3rd Party Financial Oversight

PledgeMusic Co-Founder Benji Rogers is returning to the struggling crowdfunder as a volunteer strategic advisor and observer to the board. PledgeMusic has come under fire over the last six months for widespread late payments and non-payments to artists. "I have seen first hand how tirelessly the team, management and board…

Benji Rogers Pens New Open Letter To PledgeMusic Artists and Fans [FULL TEXT]

Benji Rogers is returning to PledgeMusic as a "volunteer strategic advisor and observer to the board" as the music crowdfunding platform continues to struggle to pay artists monies pledge to by their fans. In keeping with the sincerity and openness that has made him a popular figure in music tech,…

PledgeMusic Pays Fastball 50%, As Others Exit Platform

Last week, Bob Lefsetz brought the plight of the many artists that have not been getting paid on time by PledgeMusic for the last 6 months to a broader audience. Now Fastball, Bob ‘s posters boys for PledgeMusic transgressions, report that they received a little over half of the money…

PledgeMusic Responds to Repeated Accusations of Missed Payments

PledgeMusic says it will be caught up on missed payments to artists within 90 days — or at least, that’s the ‘expectation’. After another wave of complaints related to non-payments, PledgeMusic is now responding. In the latest round, industry analyst B…

Patreon Has over 3 Million Patrons and Expects to Pay $500 Million in 2019

Patreon may have announced a new milestone, but competition continues to heat up. According to a report published early last year, content creators, including musicians, songwriters, and bands, should think twice before quitting their day job if they’r…

‘The Roaring Crowdfund’ Explores The Wonderful World Of Music Crowdfunding

A new five-part podcast series, The Roaring Crowdfund follows four very different musical acts as they launch crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter, PledgeMusic and Indiegogo. Sponsored by, Berklee Online, the online school of Berklee College of Music, host Pat Healy and guests examine the real issues these musicians face as they…

A GoFundMe Page for Unpaid Fyre Festival Catering Staff Raises Over $142,000

Fyre Festival cofounder Billy McFarland scammed a lot of people.  Among these were the unsuspecting owners of Exuma Point Restaurant Bar & Grill. Last year, Elvis and Maryann Rolle were contracted to provide catering services to the Fyre Festival. …