http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:37:20 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6838 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6838 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:03:57 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6832 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6832 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:34:46 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6801 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6801 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:42:05 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6798 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6798 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:15:47 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6796 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6796 Ditto Premal Shah. Takes more than $$. Provide an integrated, comprehensive platform using free and easily accessible web tools. YouTube channel, FaceBook group, podcasts on iTunes, all the bits-and-pieces that new artists need to stoke the buzz-making machinery behind the popular song. Really great ideal from really great folks at Calabash Music. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:23:41 -0500 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1668 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1668 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:57:14 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6757 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6757 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:35:25 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6748 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6748 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:35:14 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6747 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6747 I like this idea. It addresses a real need for struggling musicians in the digital age -- seed funding for recording. The biggest challenge is going to be getting the musicians to repay their micro-investors. One of the things that makes the micro finance program Kiva.org so compelling is the high rate of repayment of the micro loans -- I believe it is about 97%. If you cannot achieve that kind of repayment, you are not likely to have repeat "investors." Without people coming back time and time again to reinvest in artists your Tune Your World will not be as likely to become a sustainable program. You need to help the musicians develop business models that will enable them to repay their micro investments. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:19:54 -0500 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1627 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1627 Hey there...just want to echo the comments that have already been made in support of this great idea! Though "micro-finance" is traditionally associated with the fight against global poverty -- something that my organization, Kiva.org, is playing a part in -- there is no reason why the concept can't be applied to other areas such as music. Musicians usually have at least a couple fans :) that want to support what they're listening too above and beyond downloading a track or showing up at a show. To truly realize the potential of this idea, I suggest focusing on building relationships between Musicians and their fans. At Kiva, we have Journal updates to allow lenders to follow the progress of the entrepreneurs they support; something similar would go a long way here. Also, to help raise awareness around your idea, empower Musicians and their fans to spread the word. At Kiva.org, we give our supporters banners for their blogs and footers for their emails; when you have a $0 marketing budget, this can go a long way. Best of luck! Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:01:31 -0500 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1393 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1393 This is great idea and I know the founder of Kiva, who will be next week's guest advisor will have some great insights on how you should move forward! We have a number of student bands on campus who would love to hear about your site as a potential solution to their funding issues. You have done a fantastic job to get the number of registered users you have!! I think the best possible way to get your name out there is to get one or two real 'winners' and publicizes the c#$p out of them. If you can get some major PR in terms of an article in a major music publication this will go a long way to making the process understood and your site known to potential micro-financiers. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:24:31 -0500 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1349 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1349 A band called Meet Me In St Louis (previously signed to Big Scary Monsters Records) actually did this to record their debut. They merely asked fans to donate as little or as much as they were willing to, and with the money funded the record. The band have since split up but the vocalist is now in another band called Shield Your Eyes, who are doing well. Maybe worth getting in touch with him and finding out how MMISL fans reacted to the idea? Shield Your Eyes can be found on myspace here: http://www.myspace.com/leavethetapesrunning Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:53:02 -0500 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1333 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1333 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:40:14 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6416 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6416 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:02:45 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6408 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6408 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:55:54 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6407 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6407 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:12:22 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6382 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6382 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:52:39 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6352 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6352 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:02:07 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6340 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6340 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:25:51 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6333 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6333 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:23:30 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6241 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6241 Every artist has the same problem of obtaining capital for their next recording. Tune Your World provides the solution of applying the principles of micro-financing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer micro-financing of new music projects - enabling fans to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world. Tune Your World operates on a people-to-people model. Musicians obtain funding for new recordings directly from their fans without giving up ownership or control. Our mission is to revitalize the music industry in places where the music industry has never worked very well. www.tuneyourworld.com Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:20:35 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6239 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#comment6239 I think this is a really great idea. I know many struggling musicians who would love an opportunity like this. It could be set up very similarly to Kiva.org (a site I assume you have heard of). I imagine that the record industry would despise this sort of operation (which is a sure sign that you have something going). I also strongly encourage you to check out community based websites that strive to bring notoriety to struggling musicians. There are a few out there already. Check out http://garageband.com/ for one... there are a few others if you do some google searches. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:19:18 -0500 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1185 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#advice1185 Our biggest challenge is making the idea of micro-financed music more visible. We are looking for emerging musicians who already have a strong following of 500 - 1000 core fans. We also need help growing our fan community at <a href="http://www.tuneyourworld.com">www.tuneyourworld.com</a> Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:01:36 -0500 challenge http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#challenge1320 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/1962-Tune-Your-World-Music-Micro#challenge1320