More Artists Turn To Kickstarter To Finance Projects

Jo Dee Messina recently raised more than $100,000 to fund her next music project via campaign raiser Kickstarter.com, and additional country artists have also turned to the fundraising site to stem new projects.

Ty Herndon has already raised more than $15,000 toward his $25,000 goal to finance his first country album since 2007’s Right About Now. Herndon has a track listing for the project available and has already begun recording. His lead single is “Lies I Told Myself.” The deadline for the project is Aug. 6.

Riders In The Sky also turned to Kickstarter for a new project, although it is not an album. Instead, they hope to raise $14,500 for a feature-length, animated kids film The Cartoon Cowboys. The project also features work from Bill Hughes, who worked on Dark Horse comics, including the Star Wars Droids franchise in the late 1990’s. The deadline for the campaign is Aug. 3 and they have raised over $6,000 as of this posting.

Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott are very close to having their goal of $30,000 met for their album Memories and Moments. The release date for the project is set for Sept. 17, 2013.  They have already raised  over $25,700 for the project, and their goal deadline is July 24.