So, you dont want to be a patron of an artist, you wan
to be an investor. Fair enough. I just dont get why
you deride an artist for soliciting such support, nor
the patrons who would donate.
--- audities-owner@smoe.org
<bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I didn't say I wouldn't invest. I said I wanted
accountability. I've taken 
> far bigger risks than $50....some acts I've paid for
recordings out of my 
> own pocket because the budgets have already been
blown out...and like the 
> fans who support IKE, I did it because I believe.
And yes, there was a catch 
> to my believing...the act needed to show me they
were going to use the money 
> in ways beyond just recording an album.
> 
> 
> Jaimie Vernon,
> President, Bullseye Records
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> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "steve" <toddfan@comcast.net>
> >Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
> >To: <audities@smoe.org>
> >Subject: Re: IKE and financing new recordings
> >Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 18:42:22 -0500
> >
> >
> >Jamie Said (in part)....
> >
> >"It isn't the AMOUNT that's the issue here, it's
the faith in the
> >investment."
> >
> >
> >Jamie,  I think you hit the nail on the head with
that line.  You see, the
> >IKE fans have "faith in the investment" of their
$50 bucks.  I suppose 
> >you'd
> >pass on the potential $50 investment for the same
reasons you might pass on
> >a prosective act for your label...to you, it's a
business.  The fan that
> >plunks down their $50 investment has a genuine love
for what the artist has
> >given them in the past, and hopes to realize more
of the same in the future
> >as a result of their $50 investment.  I the fan (as
a type of 
> >"stockholder")
> >is disappointed in what their investment reaps,
then they can choose to no
> >longer invest in the band IKE.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
>
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