In our eighth episode, 4MileCircus partners Sean Mannion and Nicole Solomon bring you part two of our talk with Louisa Solomon and Elijah Oberman of independent rock band The Shondes. This time we focus on crowdfunding for their tour van and European tour–what worked, what didn’t, and lessons learned. How can audience perception of “success” undermine a band’s ability to raise needed funds, and what does it mean to “succeed” as an artist, anyway? How does or doesn’t it relate to financial stability? And what’s the deal with Patreon? We get into all that and more! Sean also offers a tip on consistency in social media posting, and everyone tries to guess which song Sean misheard as “What a man, what a man. Rock a party like nobody can.” The Shondes’ new LP Brighton was released September 16 on Exotic Fever Records.
4MileCircus
4MileCircus.com
Twitter: @4MileCircus
Instagram: @4MileCircus
Facebook: /4Milecircus
The Shondes
Shondes.com
Twitter: @TheShondes
Instagram: @TheShondes
Facebook: /TheShondes
Sean Mannion
Twitter: @unclesean
Instagram: @unclesean
Nicole Solomon
Twitter: @NicoleWSolomon
Instagram: @NicoleWitte
Exotic Fever Records
exoticfever.com
Topics discussed:
Patreon
Patreon.com
Real Artists Have Day Jobs by Sarah Benincasa
harpercollins.com/9780062369819/real-artists-have-day-jobs
sarabenincasa.com/
Subscribe to us on your platform of choice and please leave us a 5 star review, it really helps spread the word about the show.
We’d also like to thank Krosstown Studios and The Cipher for their technical support of the show.
Music: Circus Waltz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/