In terms of me, personally, I'm definitely
convinced that "crowd-funding" and Kickstarter can definitely work well
for HIGH SOCIETY audio/digital in June of 2012. The possibilities of
the Internet are pretty much limitless, I'm just not sure that they work
for me or my work. One of the things that drives things on the
Internet is short-term novelty. CEREBUS TV worked, briefly, for the
first few months as it was intended to: to generate interest in e-Bay
auctions of my artwork. And then it didn't. The bottom just dropped
out of it. I assume that Kickstarter and crowd-funding will be the same
way. It's a novelty and it's working really well for most people but
not all people. What happens when it's no longer a novelty is another
question. I do think you have to go where the people are. Kickstarter
has its own devotees just of the concept -- people who are hooked on
finding cool campaigns and supporting them. This is a cool party because
there are all these people here and the numbers are just rolling over
and rolling over. Who cares what the project is? Being here is JUST
COOL! That's an exaggeration, but that's what I'm trying to think of
now.
But, I'm also convinced that you can't look TOO
FAR down the road. I'm starting with the supposition that Kickstarter
will still be a novelty and "where people go" through the end of the
year or into 2013 so it's worth planning another campaign centred on the
CEREBUS volume for 2013. But Kickstarter could very well turn out to
be a "Just Too, Too 2013" thing by 2014 and a CB radio. CB radios were
VERY popular for a while there.
I could never have
imagined CEREBUS TV in 2008 and I could never have imagined HIGH SOCIETY
audio/digitial in 2011. I think it stands to reason that I couldn't
possibly imagine what I will be doing for a living in 2013 just because
it's 2012. I'll know when I get there and it's time to do that thing --
whatever it is. What I'll be doing in 2015 probably doesn't exist
today even as a concept.
Stephen has his best BBC
HARDtalk face on and he's literally pawing the turf, so let's give him
our next question and our next cliffhanger. Mr. Holland, sir?
Kickstarter
and digitalisation. Technologically you've gone from 0 to 60 mph (as
we used to say when that was impressive) in less than five seconds and
just in time, too. Can we please get with the e-mail, now?
Don't miss all the Action when Hardtalk continues on Monday... Same Moment of
Cerebus Time! Same Moment of Cerebus Channel!
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