The ultimate fan-financed CD deal?

[ghost of miles]

Darcy James Argue on one artist's $75,000 level:

Fan-financed recordings (ahem) are nothing new, but they are definitely taking off, and stories about them seem to be everywhere these days.

I am forced to admit that drummer Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Devo) offers better premiums:

$75,000 (limited edition of 1)

-Signed CD/DVD and digital download.

-T-shirt**

-Come out on tour with me for a few days.

-I write, record and market a 5 song EP about you and your life story.

-Take home any of my drumsets (only one but you can pick which one)

-*Take shrooms and cruise Hollywood in Danny from TOOL's Lamborgini OR we play "quarters" and then hop on the Ouija board for a while.

-If you have a band, I'll join it for a month....play shows, record a CD together, have a swim party, etc.... or none of the above. We could also just sit in yer basement and jam old Van Halen.

OR

If you don't have a band I'll be your personal assistant for a month (4 day work weeks....10 am to 5 pm) and then we take a limo down to Tijuana and I'll show you how it's done (what that means I can't legally get into here, right this minute). If you don't live in LA but are in the USA I will come to you and be your personal assistant/cabana boy for 2 weeks.

-Take a Flying Trapeze lesson together in the San Fernando Valley and then Robin from NIN and his wife make us raw lasagna.

[Jazzmoose]

So, is anyone taking advantage of this? I'll admit, the bit with the Lamborgini and the shrooms would have been tempting when I was twenty...