In crowd-sourcing their financial needs, directors are cutting producers out of the process, but are they finding success? THR looks at two such rock visionaries as case studies. By Colin Stutz CEO, ...

More artists are parting ways with traditional record labels to make and promote music on their own. One company playing a pivotal role in the trend is Kickstarter. In addition to making their music ...

Kickstarter has announced it will take over the Drip music subscription service -- which included bands such as Franz Ferdinand and They Might Be Giants -- only a day before it was due to close ...

The high-resolution music player and online store called Pono, backed by musician Neil Young, will be available to pre-order from Kickstarter in mid-March. Lexy was a producer and on-air presenter who ...

Kickstarter has been around for a lot longer than people first realize, and in that time – since they were founded in 2009 – the firm has yet to take in another firm under their wing, until now. While ...

Illustrator and game designer Steven McCarthy doesn’t want to use licensed music in his "non-shooting shooter" Ghost Police. He wants Shovel Knight composer Jake “virt” Kaufman to create original ...

Drip, a community for independent artists and record label, has been acquired by Kickstarter, the company announced today. The company was set to shut down tomorrow, but Kickstarter has swooped in at ...

Amid the thousands promoting new music at this week's SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, one artist took to the stage Tuesday to promote a new way to hear it. Before a crowd at the Austin Convention ...