May 10th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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Developer Kit Robot raised $15.7k on Kickstarter last year to finish its DevoBots app – part synthesizer, part robot-avatar creator, fully licensed by new wave pioneers Devo. Now the app is out,...

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May 10th, 2013 by Music Ally

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We reported yesterday on the kerfuffle around filmmaker Zach Braff's Kickstarter – and criticism of Bjork before him.

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May 9th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Actor and filmmaker Zach Braff has raised more than $2.5m on Kickstarter so far to make a movie called 'Wish I Was Here', but not everyone is impressed with his chutzpah.

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April 30th, 2013 by Music Ally

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In this week's Music Ally podcast, Eamonn Forde and Stuart Dredge put the digital world to rights. Again.

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April 18th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Crowdfunding website Kickstarter has attracted more than 75k project videos from creators since its launch in 2009. Now it's trying to make more of them with something called Video Mode.

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April 4th, 2013 by Music Ally

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British music festival LeeFest has ambitions to expand to a 5,000-capacity event, and it's taken to crowdfunding site Kickstarter to achieve 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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February 22nd, 2013 by Music Ally

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PledgeMusic is launching its own iPhone app: PledgeMusic Artist Updater. "Snap photos and videos and update your PledgeMusic project on the go.

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