Re: Winterreise (was: Feedback for starting a crowd funding campaign)

[Jan Warchoł]

2014-03-12 10:17 GMT+01:00 Urs Liska <address@hidden>:

Am 05.03.2014 19:38, schrieb Paul Morris:

Hi Urs,
You might take a look at these as examples, if you haven't already:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/opengoldberg/open-goldberg-variations-setting-bach-free

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/opengoldberg/open-well-tempered-clavier-bah-to-bach

Best of luck with it!
-Paul

[....]
Adding a recording to that would be nice bonus, but no requirement. Could actually be a second-level target (i.e. if a given amount of extra money is collected). I'm quite positive that I could get a prominent singer to do this.

I'd be really interested in such a project, but I have to say that I could only really consider it if it is sufficiently crowdfunded beforehand. And I think it would be expensive.

I'd be interested, too!  Actually, at Waltrop 2012 we were thinking about a Kickstarter campaign, but didn't decide anything then...

And i think that a recording is **very** important from the crowdfunding point of view, because that's something _anyone_ can "consume", as opposed to sheet music.  Really, i think that a recording would make success 3 times more likely.

Anyway, we shall see how this campaign turns out, and then what commissions we may get after the award.  So i've marked the beginning of May as "look at Winterreise again" :)

best,
Janek