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Unsigned band? no money to finance your album? check out Sellaband!

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by Sellaband

SellaBand lets the fans and bands come together to create music and money together. If you’re a music lover you can become a “Believers” and start investing in bands that you like and help them to reach the target of $50K. As an Artist/band when you reach that target we’ll assign you to an experienced A&R-person to your project. Together with a top Producer, your Artist will record a CD in a state-of-the-art Studio. As a Believer you will also receive a Limited Edition of your artist’s CD delivered to your home address. All advertising revenues generated via SellaBand will be shared equally between the SellaBand Recording Artists, their Believers and SellaBand. So what are you waiting for? Join for free at www.sellaband.com

Sellaband | 04 Jul '08, 11:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Uh-oh


Haha!

They make it sound so simple...


It is simple

you just have to find people gullible enough to think you could be a good investment...
Meaning sounding MOR is your best chance...


Then I saw her face..

..now i'm a "Believers"!

Get lost and die and shut up!


Firstly, how the fuck are you meant to reach the 50K target?

Secondly, would that really pay for an "experienced A&R person", a "top Producer" and recording in a "state-of-the-art Studio"?


yo guyz

i kno this may seem a bit dodgy but trust me dudes sellaband is totally legit, it helped my band n alot of my m8s bands. so try it now, sellaband rools


no way

homie, sellaband rox. have you even herd da top artists on it? they rool


yesssssssssssss!

here we go!


amazing things will happen

where's that "is this a big old pile of shit" thread?


Realistically...

How many people are gonna reach that "5000 fans" target?

And what happens to all the money invested by fans along the way if their chosen band doesnt reach the target? Who keeps it? Do they get it back?

Bands can and have done this "fan-funded" approach themselves for some time and I am afraid I fail to see the advantage of doing it this way.


You can get it back

but once you've hit $50000 you're under contract with them to record an album. They choose the PR person (v. important!) and where you record (which magically always costs $30000). What Sellaband is actually doing to help you out at any point to deserve taking 33% of your money, I've yet to figure out.


33%?

Yeah, whole deal still looks pretty gubbins.


tbh

if a band has 5000 people willing to buy an album they won't have any trouble finding a label to back them.

hell, i'd LOVE a band who can guarantee me 5000 sales. anyone know of any?


Brett Anderson.


LOL

:D


Heard a band called Coldplay

might shift a few units...


Exactly...

what I thought.


there's a site like that in France too...

Can't remember the name...


sellunband?


more than one in fact

http://www.producemylive.fr
Get 20 000€ in one year by fans and you'll get one gig followed by a live CD/DVD where you'll get 40% of the profits...

http://www.mymajorcompany.com
Get 70 000€ for recording one album, your part will be 20%...
And all that to produce this guy ( and a few others already, apparently ):
http://www.myspace.com/justegregoire


Wow!

This is such an exciting idea...I only need to get to 50K? to record in a STATE OF THE ART STUDIO?...a real A&R man too? and then I get to split the profits with a website as well as everyone else involved!? I am gagging to sign up my Cliff Richard covering hip hop act..The Spliff Richards or even my Patomime Gene cover act...Gene in A Bottle.


It's that simple

We’ve got more than 20 bands under our wing so far; Here's a list of the A&Rs, producers and studios that we work with http://www.sellaband.com/experts/

Some of the band even got invited to play at our yearly festival in Amsterdam, all expenses paid. Don’t believe us? Check it out yourself at www.sellaband.com





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