April 24th, 2013 by Music Ally

Sandbox 83

We present our survival guide to crowdfunding, with key tips from those who've been through the process several times and have either the trophies or the scars to prove it.

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March 14th, 2013 by Music Ally

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It's been one of the most common questions within the music industry since Amanda Palmer raised $1.2m on Kickstarter to fund a new album, tour and book.

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March 4th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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Man, does Amanda Palmer wind a lot of people up. Her TED talk on The Art of Asking being the latest reason people are being cross in my inbox wondering why Music Ally gives her more precious publicity-oxygen. Why?...

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March 4th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Making waves online this weekend: a video of musician Amanda Palmer's talk at the TED conference last week, titled 'The Art of Asking'.

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December 19th, 2012 by Music Ally

Issue 308

Welcome to the last Music Ally Report of the year wherein, entirely in keeping with tradition, we run the ruler across the past 12 months and consider what they mean for the digital music industry.

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October 10th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Amanda Palmer has been announced as the winner of this year's MMF/FAC Pioneer Award at the bodies' Artist and Manager awards.

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September 16th, 2012 by Stuart Dredge

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Amanda Palmer made waves with a $1.2m Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for her new album and tour. Now, just as the ‘Theatre is Evil’ album comes out, Amanda has an official iPhone app. It’s...

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September 6th, 2012 by Music Ally

Sandbox issue 68

We look at the new breed of music games are happening on social media sites and are mostly offered for free. Can they plug the console-shaped hole financially?

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August 29th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Artist Amanda Palmer has returned to the idea of selling t-shirts on Twitter, making use of its e-commerce platform Chirpify.

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