John C Fraser is the first one to reach his goal at Sellaband.com after the ownership change of last week. The dutch singer/songwriter managed to reach his goal of 10,000 dollars on tuesday the 2nd of march. With it’s bankruptcy last week nobody had expected the website to deliver a new recording artist anytime soon, but John C Fraser hit is target in only 5 days after the relaunch of the website.
John joined Sellaband on the 30th of october 2009. Investers in his project (so called believers) will recieve two CD’s for every part they’ve bought. A studio album and a live album. The CD is planned for release halfway may 2010.
Today the news of Sellaband’s bankruptcy hit me in the face. I’ve been trying to gather enough fundings for my new album the last couple of months and everything seemed to be on schedule. My target was to reach 10,000 dollars by the 30th of april. But unfortunately the website went bankrupt.
Now the big question is: What to do for my new album? Let me be clear: my debut album will be released this year. It’s only uncertain in what kind of way. I’m looking into a few options now. Releasing it as a download only album via iTunes, release it physical on CD and give people the opportunity to invest in my music. These are just two things that come to my mind right now.
If there is anyone with another business model that could be interesting for me: please let me know!
The bankruptcy of Sellaband.com does not mean that Fan Funded music has no future. What went wrong with Sellaband had nothing to do with the artists or investors on the website. Let’s all keep that in mind and look forward to the future which will include a new John C Fraser album!
To speak with Bon Jon Jovi’s legendary words: Keep the Faith!
Last week we tried to get my new single “She’s Doin’ It Again” in the charts. I nearly made the top 100 getting in at number 120. But upcoming week we’re going to do it! It’s gotta work out! The top 100 must be in reach so please all of you: download She’s Doin’ It Again this week!
Tell all your friends, your neighbours, give it away as a Valentine’s present to your lover or download it from 100 accounts yourself! Just let’s get the song into the Top 100!!! Let’s show the world that an independent artist can make it! If you’ve downloaded the song before, don’t worry because all the downloads have been reset, so every new download counts!
Yes! I’m in the middle of promoting “She’s Doin’ It Again” on the dutch radiostations and we’ve made some pretty damn good recordings of those performances.
On the 23rd of januari we were invited to come perform in the livingroom of fam van den Hurk in Heeze. We packed up our stuff and created our own little performance space. And now you can see the entire performance live!
All you have to do is press the play button and the 18 song set will start playing!
In may 2010 my debut studio album will come out and you can be a part of it! Through the website Sellaband.com I offer people the opportunity to pre-order my album by buying a part of $10 dollar each.
If I’ll reach my Sellaband target of $10,000 before the 30th of april 2010 you will recieve:
- a limited edition 2CD set per part (so 2CD’s for only $10!)
- 2 free tickets for the recording of a live CD which will be featured in the 2CD set.
- 30% revenue share
If I won’t reach my target before the 30th of april you’ll be able to withdraw your money and CD’s will be sold for 15 euro’s each. So grab this chance and help me get there before the 30th of april!
I you order multiple parts you will recieve multiple CD sets. I give you the opportunity to let me sell these CD’s for you. For each sold CD $10 will be payed out in ratio to the percentage of the total amount of CD’s you own.
For example: multiple people have put 100 cd’s in tothe pool:
Person A has 30 of those CD’s which is 30% of the total amount of CD’s.
If I sell 40 CD’s this means that $400 goes back to the investors.
Person A owns 30% of the total amount of CD’s which means he will recieve 30% of $400 which is $120!
In this way I give you an opportunity to get your investment back!
A good way to start a new year: a new single! How nice? Last november I’ve been recording a new version of the song “She’s Doin’ It Again” in the Soundvision Studio’s in Arnhem. Together with George Konings and Hans Eijkenaar I think we managed to record quite some kick-ass version of the song. I’m really curious what you people think of it! Hop on over to the audio section on top of this page or download the song at the iTunes music store… And let me know what you think!
Yes, it was time for a new website. No more HTML editing for me: I’ve stepped over to Wordpress. And wow: what an opportunities! From now on you’re able to react on news post. And I’m able to update this site from my iPhone! WOW! So this means this site will be held more up to date. Fun for all so to say! Hope you like the look!
