ArtistShare

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ArtistShare is a service for musicians to fund their projects outside the normal recording industry. It utilizes micropayments to allow the general public to directly finance, and in some cases gain access to extra material from an artist.

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In 2004, Maria Schneider became the first artist to win a Grammy with an album distributed exclusively over the Internet. Distributed through ArtistShare she received four nominations for her album Concert in the Garden and won Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.