The independent band, After Edmund, have begun a kickstarter campaign to help fund their next album. They hope to raise $20,000 in 30 days. Video can be seen below.
After Edmund Kickstarter
By Brandon on January-23-2012 | Filed under News | Tags : after edmund, indie rock, Kickstarter, Rock | Share 
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that’s too much money. sounds like a scam
your comment: totally uncalled for
Did you read anything on the page? There’s a full budget there for you to look at.
I loved their last e.p.!
These guys are truly amazing musicians…
Let’s help ‘em out! Can’t wait to hear what they have to offer next!!
i hope the 60 dollars i donated wasn’t uncalled for. i bet after edmund wont think so.
lol who?
If they were really ripping people off I think they would ask for more than 20,000 dollars. 20,000 is hard for one person to live on in a year, let alone 4 people. I make music myself and it aint cheap. I’m on a way smaller scale then these guys and it still costs hundreds of dollars just for studio time. they have a ton of expenses just to record and market their music, then you have to factor in families, bills, and all the other real life stuff they need to get by. All im trying to say is don’t judge all these bands doing kickstarters or other fundraisers. yeah, maybe some of them are ripping people off, but i believe the majority are just trying to put out quality music for there fans and hopefully be able to make living after that.
Gary is actually in a band too. He was joking. Haha. He Probly thought you guys would figure that out when he told you he donated. Ha.most people here know enough about music to know 20,000 is very little.
It’s unfortunate that people are becoming cynical towards bands that do Kickstarters. There seems to be one or two bands that have done it that are obviously big enough to not need it, but that shouldn’t put a bad taste in people’s mouths.
I think it would be great if a year or two down the road kickstarter was the norm for independent bands. In my mind having the fans be such a big part of the life of the band (and the record labels not…) would be a huge step forward for the music industry.
i dont get the feeling that people are cynical about it at all. everything i have heard has been pretty positive. what makes you say that?
i’m cynical.
looking at what they have right now, i’m not sure they’re gonna make it
Everybody seemed to be positive about Kickstater but after FIF did it and made it more popular a lot people started being against it. I like it myself and hope more bands go that route. I have noticed the KS goals have gone up lately, but I think that’s just because no one realized before how much of the funding they could get from KS, whereas now they go ahead and do the all (or a good portion) of the funding needed. I’d guess.
Pretty much what John said… the Five Iron Frenzy and Thousand Foot Krutch campaigns really changed christian music fans’ opinions on Kickstarter campaigns, imho.
The FiF thing was great. It’s amazing that they’ve been successful with that and I think it helped a lot of people, fans and bands, see that these projects can be a viable option.
But the TFK campaign… also great that they were successful, but the impression I got (at least on here) was that most found the campaign unneccessary considering how big of a band they are, any maybe they were jumping on the band wagon a little bit (that’s not my opinion, but what I felt the opinion of people on here and elsewhere was).
Those two things combined with a lot of bands running terribly managed campaigns (ie. campaigns that don’t express a certain amount of gratitude for the support. Or bands that look to raise money but still refuse to put effort into interacting or building a relationship with their fans) really seemed to have soured people’s perception of Kickstarter over the last couple months.
Now every time on IVM you see a band starting up a campaign it’s all a “really? them too?” attitude.
yeah aaron i don’t get that feeling either. i have pretty much heard positive things about it. i am sure there will be a few people who dont have a clue about anything and they may be cynical, but it’ s just because they don’t know anything about the music industry.