I hadn’t looked at
Amanda’s breakdown of expenditure when composing the original blog on kickstarter/pledge and the other funding
sites (below).
It’s an interesting
piece, if only because it gives you some insight into an artist’s outgoings and
cross-references Steve Albini’s earlier blog
about signing to a record label (also well worth reading).
Of course you can do
things in many different ways, but you should always have a budget and remember
that recording and playing live are expensive hobbies.
PS - Subsequent to
this a row broke out involving Amanda’s attempt to recruit musicians in each of
her tour towns creating a spat between Palmer and Albini partly summarised by
fasterlouder.
Palmer backed down and the free to play argument rumbles on. Albini later apologised for calling her
an idiot but like most disagreements in the industry of late this one was
played out in full view of the public. Freedom of the press and right to
privacy don’t feature much in these instances. Perhaps we all know too much?
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