David Knopfler crowd funding next album

[Throttle]

Getting back to the point.
I look at this whole fund-raising campaign and think of that I am totally in the dark about his good deeds.
Can anyone shed the light on that?
Tell me please, does he do something good besides his music? I mean, maybe he is a permanent member of a charitable foundation, or just out of kindness gives support and provides relief to those in need, maybe he is a human/animal rights defender, a blood donor at last?

[vgonis]

Getting back to the point.
I look at this whole fund-raising campaign and think of that I am totally in the dark about his good deeds.
Can anyone shed the light on that?
Tell me please, does he do something good besides his music? I mean, maybe he is a permanent member of a charitable foundation, or just out of kindness gives support and provides relief to those in need, maybe he is a human/animal rights defender, a blood donor at last?

Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition. Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as irony, fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to MK, and nice DS t-shirts—oh damn!"

[jbaent]

Getting back to the point.
I look at this whole fund-raising campaign and think of that I am totally in the dark about his good deeds.
Can anyone shed the light on that?
Tell me please, does he do something good besides his music? I mean, maybe he is a permanent member of a charitable foundation, or just out of kindness gives support and provides relief to those in need, maybe he is a human/animal rights defender, a blood donor at last?

Yes he does. I´m following him since 1997 more or less reading his site regularly, and following him in facebook and twitter, and you can say he does.

[Throttle]

Yes he does. I´m following him since 1997 more or less reading his site regularly, and following him in facebook and twitter, and you can say he does.

That's fine. Hope his endeavours will be crowned with success.

[jbaent]

Yes he does. I´m following him since 1997 more or less reading his site regularly, and following him in facebook and twitter, and you can say he does.

That's fine. Hope his endeavours will be crowned with success.

I´m more interested in his music than in his private life but it´s always nice to know that people you like his music do what they can to help charities etc etc etc

[jbaent]

As forecasted, only about 17K funded out of 75K

Probably it helps him to not pay all the recording with his own money from the very beguining, expecting to get it back with cd´s sales.

I´m really looking forward to the cd, I like what he does.

[Fletch]

https://www.facebook.com/DavidKnopflerCommunityPage/posts/969687233092579

I don't really understand, this Weekend fb post from his album page suggests the CD Master is finished.
Should I presume he went into debt to record and the 17-75K is to recoup losses?
Is he expecting to sell hardly any copies and therefore the crowd fund is his wage for this work that ordinarily won't make him a penny?
Is the fund for the manufacturing of the product rather than the 'recording'? If so he hasn't mentioned that..

It's none of my business in the end, I didn't donate a cent. It's rather telling that no one took him up on his guitar or songwriting tutorials.
I might crowd source my next single too, so far I think I've made 8 Euros from worldwide sales...

[wakeywakey]

David has a record label for this album and they underwrote the production costs (around 50k after the indiegogo contributions are included.)
Therefore the finished album will sound exactly as per the pitch.
Let's hope it's a good one.

[Fletch]

Ah thanks for the explanation !

[wakeywakey]

"I am fundraising for my next studio album and am offering a variety of hopefully interesting and exciting ways you can help me make this record a reality."

Campaign ended on August 31, 2015

Yet on August 29, 2 days before the end of the campaign he announced on FB that the album is ready and already playing the master cd

so zero or 10K or 75K was the same and the album is already done ??

Also, what about the perk where you had to pay a $2.5k to play an instrument on the album
that perk has disappeared.....

man, this is really a farce

The project was picked up by a record company DURING the indiegogo campaign.
They agreed to pay any costs NOT met by the indiegogo project.
Perks were added,changed and withdrawn throughout the campaign,as they are for many of the campaigns on indiegogo.
Nobody had paid for the 2.5k perk so when it was withdrawn NOBODY lost anything.
Don't let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory though:)

[dmg]

So, do the contributors get their money back?  This would seem the decent thing to do.

[vgonis]

No, the perks were either unique or priced lower from the market price, or will be received well before the CD goes to the music shops. I sense a hostility towards DK that I really don't understand. It is how the thing works.  If someone doesn't like it he should not be involved and if anyone believes that there is an unethical, illegal or breaking the rules of indiegogo, he should turn into the authorities.

[wakeywakey]

No, the perks were either unique or priced lower from the market price, or will be received well before the CD goes to the music shops. I sense a hostility towards DK that I really don't understand. It is how the thing works.  If someone doesn't like it he should not be involved and if anyone believes that there is an unethical, illegal or breaking the rules of indiegogo, he should turn into the authorities.

Yes lots of silly,hostile comments for no reason.
All people that contributed will get what they paid for so how can that be ridiculous?
Why should they get their money back?They paid for something they will be getting.
It's a shame some people have to moan just for the sake of it.

[vgonis]

And maybe this will go down on our permanent record. All sitting in front of computer screens, with different moods and thoughts, not knowing each other but acting as though we are friends, trying to have a decent and logical conversation. Oh, come on, for God's sake don't you have anything more important to be frustrated about? I know I am. 3.5 million refugees coming from Syria, having lost their homes and lives.  And us talking and losing our temper over this. It is ridiculous, isn't it?

[dustyvalentino]

And maybe this will go down on our permanent record. All sitting in front of computer screens, with different moods and thoughts, not knowing each other but acting as though we are friends, trying to have a decent and logical conversation. Oh, come on, for God's sake don't you have anything more important to be frustrated about? I know I am. 3.5 million refugees coming from Syria, having lost their homes and lives.  And us talking and losing our temper over this. It is ridiculous, isn't it?

Yes.