Grants & Funding
There are loads of ways to get cash to fund your music projects. Here are some of the best ones but we will update this section with more as we find them.
Slice The Pie
Slicethepie is a financing platform for the music industry that enables new and established Artists to raise money directly from Music Fans and Investors.
On Slicethepie, Music Fans take on the A&R role, earning money reviewing tracks, spotting new talent and ensuring the best Artists get put forward for financing.
Music Fans can then directly invest in the Artists in return for exclusive Artist access, a copy of the completed album, their name on the album sleeve and a decent share in the financial returns from album and single sales.
Investors (non-US only) can trade in and out of their Artist Investments at any time on the world’s first Music Trading Exchange, also hosted on the site.
SellaBand
SellaBand encourages aspiring artists and music lovers to go into business together and aims to level the playing field of the global music industry.
Anyone can invest in a SellaBand artist or band and once they have achieved the required amount of investment, investors receive a limited edition copy of the album. On top of that, the artists and their fans share equally in the revenues of the album. To date 30 Artists from 13 different countries have raised the full $50,000 and over $2,500,000 has been invested in unsigned artists.
It is definitely worth giving it a go as you really do have nothing to lose.
Pledge Music
This is the newest entrant into the fan-funded arena. They allow you to set the target for how much you need to raise for your project and then incentivise the potential fans with merchandise, gig tickets and cds. They also let the artists keep all rights to their material.
The Arts Council
Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people’s lives.
They are the national development agency for the arts and so support a range of artistic activities from theatre to music, literature to dance, photography to digital art, carnival to crafts.
Between 2008 and 2011 they will invest in excess of £1.6 billion of public money from the government and the National Lottery to create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country.
That is a lot of cash that you could potentially have access to so follow the link below and get on the case!
Entitled To
This site lets you check to see if you are entitled to any benefits. There are apparently billions of pounds worth of benefits just sitting there waiting for you. All you need to do is click on the link below, fill in a few basic details and you’re away!
My Lost Account
There are literally hundreds of millions of pounds lying around in dormant bank account and this site lets you check if any of it is yours! Make sure you fill in as much information as possible and hopefully you might be in line for an unexpected windfall.
