Topic: 100000Fans.com

What do you get when you combine a team of music-biz experts, unsigned artists and music fans/advocates…you get a website called 100,000 fans.  We have seen the power of the internet help bands/artists achieve success via guerilla marketing.  Sites like MySpace, Pollstar, iLike, etc. have all taken part to help fans promote their favorite artists.

 

100000fans.com houses a small selection of unsigned artists that the founders (music biz experts) think have the goods.  They then put the power in the hands of the fans to support and promote the band of their choice! The site’s tastemakers range from studio engineers to label owners, all who have once worked with major artists from Diana Krall to Blink 182.  Once these ‘experts’ dictate a ‘hot’ act, the band/artist’s album is made available to stream/download (for free), alongside a bio and tools for the ‘fans’ to:

 

1)      share the tracks (via Twitter/Facebook/email)

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      2) help the band out financially via PayPal “donations”.  The financial support can be “as little as $2”.    Once the business heads behind the site see a significant user-generated groundswell for an artist, they promise to help further advance their career via partnerships with online marketers and labels – helping expose the band to the general public.   Three artists’ are added every week, so fans come back to see which band they want to help support/promote yet!   10000fans.com is a site totally powered by the people.

Discover & support your new favorite band: http://100000fans.com/

 

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