One of the artists I invested parts in on Sellaband is Cecile Morel.

SellaBand is based in Amsterdam, the creative capital of Europe. Since its launch in August 2006, SellaBand has coordinated recording sessions for 37 artists or acts who had their albums funded by their fans.

Over $3,000,000 has been invested in independent bands via www.sellaband.com. With SellaBand, artists retain complete ownership of the works created and have the flexibility to determine which incentives they will offer their fans who fund them.

SellaBand’s fan funding engine also allows artists the freedom to enter into deals with any label, management company, or publisher and there are no advances to pay back. Artists maintain control over their career and have 100% freedom to create the music that they want to create.

On the second day of Christmas a nice surprise was found in my mailbox: the song All the Lights especially for Christmas.

More songs of her are found on the Sellaband page of Cecile (go there to listen to some songs). PLEASE consider buying a part ($10) (like I did) of this artist and you will receive the CD for free when she reaches the $50.000 milestone to record a new CD.

SellaBand – Hind
Hind op Sellaband

Today I receive the limited edition of “Once upon a Dream” of Angie Arsenault. (#0354)

I was one of the 531 people who supported/invested/believed in this album through Sellaband.

The album is definitely superb. You can listen to the songs here (except for the two bonus songs they are only on the limited edition).

If you are quickly you can still get one of the remaining 5000 limited edition digipacks.

Tarek Sidani – Beirut is burning… – SellaBand
My lovely City Beirut is under attack again by some ignorant extremists who think with their feet, those i love to call Stupid Loyal Monkeys. Excuse my terms, but there are so many emotions filling me right now as i sit and watch them burn my city once ag

“I know some of you are already very hungry waiting for what I’m preparing here for you, but I’m a cook with no mercy – I decided to keep the main dish a secret – so when it finally arrives, the spice of surprise makes it taste even more delicious. Instead, I’m bringing you some appetizers to… well… make you even more hungry ”

Julia Marcell

Gisel-2 New songs! I wish I could Fly
A new song by Gisel: I wish I could fly

Today I bought some shares in some new bands and artists on Sellaband. I’ll give you the list, check them out, maybe you find them interesting too and want to buy shares in them too. Now I bought shares in the them I will probably promote them a little more during the following months on this blog.

	So What – dutch band with pretty relaxed music. They are already on 36k and are currently #1 on the Sellaband charts. I liked the song passe partout, because it sounded so funny. This their mission for their first album: So What is a young band. In this formation (the 4 of us) we exist almost a year. Without being cocky we can say we have written some pretty decent songs in the past. Some say that we’ve got songs with ‘hit potential’, we hope we have! We want to make an album, on which we and our believers can be proud. First of all. We want to make a real album. An album. Our album won’t be part of a huge trilogy or be a story telling album. It will contain songs, which people will be singing allong with. Songs that people will like, it will be an album that people will listen over and over again. An album that people will buy. We hope we can get along with the new wave of rock bands that make fame these days, deep in our hearts we know we can.
	Natalia Safran – put a friendly note in my Sellaband inbox to take a look and listen to the songs, so I did, I listened to the music and I liked it. Her marketing efforts on Sellaband work well. Hi Edward! I just saw your SellABand profile and couldn’t help myself – I would absolutely love for you to hear my music! http://www.sellaband.com/nataliasafran/ I am new on SAB ­ in my third week, but we reached 3K in just two weeks. It is so exciting and I want the whole world to jump onboard I am hell-bent on getting my foot in the studio by the Summer! A lot of work to be done by then, I know, but with your support I could do anything! I am Polish, live in California and work in Europe a good part of the year. Music is my all-consuming passion and SellaBand is a do-or-die for me. If you like my songs and decide to show us a little faith then I promise not to disappoint you. I will work relentlessly, release only my best music, show only my best effort and never stop until my shining new album is in your hands! My songs have a distinctive sound and a style of their own, everybody in my band is a solid musician with years of onstage experience and each one is a session musician to boot. Just check out my guitarist Maciej Sobczak‘s work and tell me it¹s not amazing! Please check out www.nataliasafran.com www.myspace.com/nataliasafran I hope to see you soon. either way I would love to know what you think of my sound! With warmest regards, Natalia
	Sandbox – An Australian band which is the Alternative Rock, Punk, Electronic and Experimental Rock areas. When I heard their song Cellphone City I immediately got deja-vu’s to all kinds of songs, I actually am thinking of Peter Gabriel, Styx, Pink Floyd, etc.. Their three songs make a good click in my head. We are nearly ready to upload our 4th song. Having spent the last week recording backing tracks, we spent Saturday tracking the main vocals, and backing vocals. Now for some intense mixing…in some ways the mixing is the hardest part for us as decisions have to be made about what is, and what isn’t important in the mix. This promises to be an important time for us as it could prove to be a highly controversial song!
	Radius – Another Dutch band which has a very good sound. Reminded me somewhat of the “U2″ sound. I actually listened to their songs a couple of times so that is absolutely a good sign. I think this is a band that may grow on me the more I listen to it. Absolutely a perfect sound, I’m curious to hear some more songs.
	Daniel Ward-Murphy came up with an innovative retail trick: BELIEVER OFFER 1:  ANYONE WHO EITHER BUYS OR UPGRADES THEIR BELIEF IN ME TO 5 PARTS WILL RECEIVE A SIGNED WHITE LABEL CD OF THE THREE OF MY TRACKS, ‘She’s A Knockout’, ‘City Inside’ and ‘The Most Important Thing’. (Those who already have believed in me to the tune of 5 parts or more, please private message me with your address.) So… I listened to some songs and “Act of Defiance” hooked me, but for now, bought 1 part.
	Gisel de Marco , when I clicked the first song “All the way” and heard the first 5 seconds I bought the part. I’m absolutely a sucker for this this kind of music. What a great voice. I may buy some more parts soon, on the next “my sellaband bands” blog updates download my version of the songs: “What a wonderful world”at: http://www.savefile.com/files/970868 “All by myself” (Spanish version) at: http://www.savefile.com/files/1002856 the bolero “Contigo en la distancia” at: http://www.savefile.com/files/1225850 you can download for free more songs on my webpage:  www.giseldemarco.com.ar Other sites: www.myspace.com/giseldemarco http://giseldemarcofans.wetpaint.com

I almost forgot. A while ago I wrote about Sellaband. You can buy shares in upcoming bands and as soon as they make the required level you can earn revenue from the income from the band.

One of the things you receive, when they are able to reach the level, is a limited edition of their first recorded cd.

I checked my profile today and saw there are 2 limited editions on their way:

I could decide to sell them online, which would bring me 90% of the revenue (while 10% goes to the band). Obviously this is what you would do if you buy a large amount of shares in a band and receive hundreds of CD’s.

However I only have 1 part in the band SolidTube and the artist Julia Marcell so I will enjoy these cd’s for myself.

Sellaband is really a great concept, I’m going to surf it for some more good artists and buy some shares. Obviously I need to promote the artists I invested in, so they will earn more revenue ergo I will earn more revenue. Probably I should buy some more shares per band to provide me a steady income from this. The great thing is of course that instead of just “looking for new music”, this is a much more fun way of trying to find new band you like. You actually create a connection with the band since you can become their sponsor.

Here is a video from SolidTube, the band where I bought a part in:

More videos here or listen to some songs here on the SolidTube site.

Julia Marcell writes on her weblog how she could record her first cd thanks to 657 Sellaband believers, pretty cool that I am one of them although I only have 1 part. The limited edition of the CD will have extra content, also pretty cool. I listened again to her songs and wow, what a great songs, I’m going to play it very often, might become a default asset in my car.

03.27.2008 – TO MY BELIEVERS on SELLABAND.COM
Please log in to you Believer account and set up how many limited editions of my upcoming CD you want to have sent home and how many sold. The choice will be available only till March 31st, after that date the system will decide for you, so hurry!
02.17.2008 – CD recording update
Meine Damen und Herren, the recording of my full-length in Berlin went splendid – I have one awesome CD on the way, I tell you! We’re very excited to present it to you someday in spring, but until that happens, there’s still a lot to do, so stick around and wait for the big announcement to come.
Couple of facts:
- the CD is recorded thanks to the 657 lovely people (called Believers) who invested in it on Sellaband.com
- the album is produced by Moses Schneider (how cool is that!?)
- there will be a limited edition of the CD (with extra content) and a regular one with… well… just songs
- 10 songs are recorded, none of which can be found on my EP “Storm”
- Sellaband will be releasing this album on the internet; it will also be available in stores around Europe eventually
Keep your eyes (and ears) open.

Here is a vid from Julia (from the Julia Marcell YouTube site).

And this one is also extreme cool:

As soon as the cd’s drop in I will make a big review on them.