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Follow on Google News | Fans Fund Recording Through Internet for Independent Folk Artist Tyler Stenson’s 8th Studio AlbumStudio costs are expensive, so singer/songwriter Tyler Stenson utilized the Internet to raise funds for recording his eighth album. Through Kickstarter.com and promotion on social networks, Stenson created a fully fan-funded recording experience.
By: Monique Roy “As a starving artist, I have always been more prolific than my pocket book. The recording process is just as much a passion of mine as crafting the songs themselves but, when it comes to producing content, I’m often limited by finances,” Stenson says. The fundraising goal of $3,500 was established and made public through Kickstarter.com on June 1, 2010, and just 60 days later, roughly 90 friends and fans banded together to help Stenson breach his goal to make the new recording a reality. Stenson used other Internet resources to get the word out about the fundraiser through his website and social networks on FaceBook, Twitter, etc. In the end, approximately $4,000 was raised for the project, allowing Stenson a little extra for promotion of the new album as well. Stenson was grateful to his fans and a little overwhelmed by their response to his call. “I’ve always felt a warm support from my fans but watching them rise to this occasion in such a tangible manner – knowing that my friends and fans have enough faith in me to blindly fund my creations – that is the most inspiring piece of the plot.” Slated for release on October 2, 2010, Stenson’s Long Before the Wheel EP is well under way and already a special creation because of the shining efforts to make it possible – a true labor of love by the artist and the fans alike. Press Contact Monique Roy 310-569-9401 mroy@regimeentertainment.com # # # Tyler Stenson is an award winning singer-songwriter from Portland, OR that is currently based in Nashville, TN. As the pioneer of his genre “elegant folk,” Stenson’s lyrical music is catching on internationally and attracting a train of followers that find a piece of themselves in the sincerity of his words. End
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