sellaband

The 404 213: Where Justin is not Jason Howell

Dagmar Heijmans from Sellaband.com joins the show to explain how his website allows you to invest in up-and-coming bands that tickle your fancy. Users can buy shares, or "parts," of a cool band and once that band reaches $50 K, they record an album. As stakeholders, Sellaband users share in sales revenues. So far 27 bands have reached the coveted $50,000 mark. In the second half of the show: A McCain supporter is mugged in Pittsburgh and has a "B" carved into her face, really Fox News? San Francisco votes on Proposal K, a Taiwanese students eats himself to death and, of course, the weekend box office.

Dan the Mantern here. When listening today, be sure to enjoy Wilson's pathetic grasp of geography. No Wilson, Holland is not the capital of Denmark. Holland is a province in The Netherlands. Wilson, is your geography so pitiful because U.S. Americans don't have maps? Was your education in South Africa, or such as, the Iraq, such as, really that bad?

NOTICE: The "Photoshop Dan Ackerman in an Inappropriate Situation" contest continues. Make us a funny photo of Dan and win yourself a copy of Far Cry 2 or Baja for 360.

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Fan-funded music

Making a professional-sounding recording can be expensive, particularly for ensembles (like rock bands) who want to capture at least some semblance of a live performance.

Sure, you can get an decent recording with a portable stereo recorder, or a couple of inexpensive mics panned left and right and plugged directly into the mixer, but most artists want their music to sound as good as it possibly can--as good as any other artist played on the radio. That takes an array of microphones and other audio gear and somebody who knows what they're doing. In other words, money.

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Where you can make a record if 5000 people like your band

EPISODE 44

Today we welcome Pim Betist from Sellaband.com. He talks to us about his revolutionary music website that puts bands' success in the hands of the you, the internet. We also talk about Oscar winner Marion Cotillard's questionable past, as well as when exactly the world will end. Plus, we chat about the amazing Gary Busey interview that's floating around the ol' interweb.

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