correction, marillion fans financed a tour, not a cd. and all who participated ($60,000 was raised!) had their names in the NEXT cd.

this is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard of. Sounds like a t.v. evangelist almost. where's the financial accountability... (as previously mentioned) are they gonna listen to someone who tells them 'hey I paid $200 and it sounds like poodoo... it sucks I want my money back....'

As previously stated on this thread... Bride is dead.... done.....

I think it's a good idea if it's executed correctly and people don't get screwed. I see independent music moving in a direction similar to this anyway, but if the person in charge of the project is generally seen as a froot loop, it's kind of hard to trust them.

I've done this on a smaller level with t-shirts by using pre-orders at a lower price to finance printing up the batch and then selling the remaining shirts at full price to finance the next batch. I would do something along those lines possibly, but those contributing wouldn't have to pay twice. As part of the deal, they obviously get a cd for their order because at this point all I'm thinking about is preorders to help finance the project or the duplication fees. I think asking for "investors" on a larger level is probably not a good idea unless all of the legal bases have been covered.

Geoff Tate asks me for money all the time.

Pray for Dale

It is his season for reaping what he has been sowing these past few years

Well, Dale probably blew all his money on his presidential campaign!