[makeee]

Really enjoyed the article and looking forward to more in the series. Would be interested to hear your thoughts on the Patreon.com model (funding ongoing creative work vs kickstarter where it builds up to a big final product like an album release). Also, are there any other crowdfunding models which you feel have big potential that no one has done well yet?

[freshbreakfast]

what's up G! Long time no see. I love Patreon, it turns crowdfunding on it's head. They're more about a subscription model and delivering on an on-going, digitally delivered relationship, as opposed to the big blowout, whale-heavy model of traditional crowdfunding. Flip side of the same coin, I think artists need to basically do both in the future. I'm not sure what format is next for artists. Honestly I care less about the format as much as I do about the underlying principles, which is finding a way to inject humanity and genuine intimacy into the "sales" process. That's always going to be important in a patronage model. I suppose some sort of CRM element would help with that?