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    Throwing Money in the BUcket
    Throwing Money in the BUcket
    Throwing Money in the BUcket
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    Throwing Money in the BUcket

    By David Macpherson

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    What is the ultimate goal of giving money to artists? Is it more than just making sure the artist doesn't go hungry?  Is this the only way that art can be made, by throwing coins in a guitar case or pledging money into a Kickstarter campaign? Is this how art is made?

     

    This book is a mostly bullshit rumination about the things the writer backed on Kickstarter. He also looks at the times he would pass a bucket around for performing poets.

     

    This is a personal examination of what things we get for supporting art. Is there a direct line from throwing money in a hat to crowdfunding art events? What do we get from it? Is this the way we will be funding art and the artists in the future?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Macpherson
    Release dateAug 16, 2020
    ISBN9781393262374
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      Throwing Money in the BUcket - David Macpherson

      1

      Looking through Amazon Prime for a movie to watch, I came across a movie that sounded familiar, Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero. It was a documentary about a band from Dayton, Ohio that was on the verge of signing with a major label when the lead singer tragically died.

      I was taken with the movie. The music was interesting, the interviews were engaging. It was a good movie and I was happy to see it. Still, throughout the entire run time, I was struck with the sensation that I should know this movie. There was something about it that nudged me. You know this movie. This is not just a random selection.

      With the movie ending, watching the credits and the people thanked, it finally occurred to me what it was. Was it possible that I gave money to this movie on Kickstarter? Did I help get this movie made?

      2

      Kickstarter has a long memory. It has a frighteningly large memory. It’s the friend who remembers all the stupd things you did when you were out of control drunk. It knows all the embarrassing details. It knows where the bodies are buried. Clicking on my personal history, I can see every single Kickstarter campaign I contributed to.

      And scrolling down, it answers the question, I did give five dollars to get the Brainiac movie made. I didn’t ask for any reward. I threw a fiver their way.

      They were looking for 40,000 dollars to travel and take the interviews needed for the film. They were successful. They made 44,000 dollars from pledges. But they didn’t get all that money. They pay 10% to Kickstarter. They have to pay for the items that are the tier rewards. If they are successful, then they will have to hire someone to help fulfill the rewards. So for something like 30,000 dollars they made a movie I watched on Amazon Prime. I really liked it. And I still have no idea why I backed it.

      3

      To look at the list of things I backed on Kickstarter, you will know right away that I love comics. There are scores of comic book campaigns I backed. There was a website called Comics Reporter that I read every day. On Mondays, they featured, Comics Needing Funding. A lot of it followed comic books on Kickstarter. I took a lot of links from there.

      I also seem to have a great love of weird documentaries. There was one on the World War 2 Ghost Army. There was one on an annual turtle race in Pennsylvania. You want to see a film about a magician from Nyack, New York? Well I put in a few bucks for that to happen. And if there is a documentary about comics or comic book creators, I backed them. I didn’t think there was enough movies about comic books and if there was anything I could do to change that, I would.

      The only music documentary I have backed is the Brainiac one. I like films about musicians and music I have never heard. But where the hell did I come up with this one? How did I even stumble upon Brainiac’s campaign? The first time I ever heard their music was when I watched the movie. How did I decide that it was good enough for five bucks from me? It’s a good movie. It was money well spent. That is not always the case. Because this is a game of chance. This is a game, this crowdfunding, isn’t it?

      4

      My friend Bob, has been giving to artists longer than I have. Here

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