Slice The Pie

I blogged last week about the unlikely rise to stardom of web designers. This week I’m treading a slightly more obvious route to glory; the good old fashioned rock star.

The internet, and social media especially has eliminated many barriers between musicians and their loyal fans, from The Libertines inviting their forum to a gig in their house to Kanye West posting demo versions of new tracks on his blog. Slice The Pie is a new service that seeks to take this one step further and allow fans to invest in brand new musicians, in return for a slice of the potential returns, mentions on the album sleeve or just a copy of the album itself.

It is brilliant to see the internet triggering new thinking amongst the music industry, after so many years of Napster bashing traditionalism.

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posted: May 11th, 2009 | by: Huw | perma: link | tags: Slice The Pie | No Comments »

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