Brian Camelio

Brian Camelio

ArtistShare Founder and CEO Brian Camelio
Background information
Occupations Founder/CEO ArtistShare inc, musician, record producer, composer, author, educator, computer programmer

Brian Camelio is an American musician, guitarist, composer, producer, and founder of ArtistShare.[1][2][3]

Camelio is considered one of the fathers of crowdfunding [4] and potentially "a post-modern Ahmet Ertegun" according to Bloomberg News.[5] In 2005, he was the subject of an essay entitled "The One Thing You Can't Download"[6] in The Big Moo: Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable edited by business writer Seth Godin. He has been a speaker or panelist at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University,[7] Midem,[8] The Grammy Foundation at NARAS,[9] ASCAP,[10][11] NYU Law School,[12] Pew Center for Arts & Heritage,[13] The Songwriters hall of fame [14] and The Future of Music Coalition.[15][16]

He is a member of the core faculty of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.[17]

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Music career

Camelio, who grew up in Boston, began his music career at the age of 9 and continued to pursue music at Clark University as a composition major. After finishing his music degree at the University of Vermont with a concentration in orchestral composition, he spent 15 years as a professional touring musician, composer and producer according to Celebrity Access.[1][18]

Since founding ArtistShare, he produced four releases for Jazz guitarist Jim Hall including Hemispheres the 2008 collaboration with Bill Frisell and Conversations (2010) with Joey Baron.[19] Camelio has also worked with Trey Anastasio, Phish and Betty Buckley.[20][21]

Business career

After studying computer programming Brian Camelio started his first Internet business in 1998, an online fundraising portal for non-profit groups. The business was not a success but the lessons learned led him to projects geared more towards technology.[1] Around this time he also authored and published college music theory textbook named Finale Made Easy. [22]

In 2000 or 2001 Brian Camelio founded ArtistShare.[2][23][24][25] ArtistShare is a relationship-based fan-funding model for creative artists, in which fans contribute towards the funding of an artists latest work in exchange for insight into the creative process. In 2004, the first ArtistShare release won a Grammy for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording" and became the first album ever to win a Grammy that was not available in retail stores.[26][27] This is the moment Camelio describes as being his most memorable industry experience. [1]

In a 2004 study by Cathy Allison, a technology expert engaged by the Canadian Heritage’s Copyright Policy Branch "to enhance its understanding of the online music business", [28] Camelio is quoted as saying: "ArtistShare is the only viable solution that I can see. With the advent of the latest technology, it is becoming increasingly clear that there needs to be a fundamental shift in how artists do business. That shift involves the expansion of the product offered and a completely different payment schedule. ArtistShare will provide the platform."[29]

The Jazz Review stated in January 2011 that Camelio "now may be considered visionary for perceiving the direction that the distribution of musical recordings was headed in 2001."[30]

Patent dispute

On February 8, 2011 Camelio was granted U.S. patent US 7885887 , entitled "Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work", and was named as the inventor in the patent. On September 30, 2011, the crowdfunding site Kickstarter filed a request for declaratory judgment against Camelio interests, Fan Funded LLC and ArtistShare Inc, because of alleged repeated allegations it had infringed the patent.[31] KickStarter asked that the court invalidate the patent and find that Kickstarter does not infringe the patent.[32][33][34]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bob Grossweiner, Jane Cohen, Industry Profile: Brian Camelio, Celebrity Access, February 29, 2008. Consulted on October 9, 2011
  2. ^ a b Fred Kaplan, MUSIC; D.I.Y. Meets N.R.L. (No Record Label), New York Times, July 4, 2004. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
  3. ^ Brian Camelio on AllMusic
  4. ^ Barry Harrell, Crowdfunding is the new creative way to finance movies, CDs and more, Austin American-Statesman, April 9, 2011. Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  5. ^ Mike Zwerin, Ertegun's Death Is Milestone for Jazz Business, Bloomberg News, December 22, 2006. Consulted on October 26, 2011.
  6. ^ Seth Godin, The Big Moo: Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable, Portfolio, 2005, ISBN 1591841038, pp. 47-48.
  7. ^ Beyond the Sound Bite 2010, Agenda, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School. Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  8. ^ (French) Midem: nouveau modèle économique recherché, January 22, 2007. Consulted on October 15, 2011.
  9. ^ Grammy in the Schools Panel Prepares Students for Careers in Music, BMI.com, News, March 22, 2005. Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  10. ^ 2010 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO, Schedule, ASCAP.com. Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  11. ^ ASCAP "I Create Music Week" Jazz Panels, allaboutjazz.com. Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  12. ^ Panel Discusses State of Music Industry, The Commentator, The Student Newspaper of the New York University School of Law, Volume XLIII, Number 3, October 14, 2009, pages 1 and 4. Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  13. ^ PMP Professional Development Event: Brian Camelio of ArtistShare, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, March 25, 2011. Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  14. ^ April Anderson, Packed House Presentation By ArtistShare, Songwriters Hall of Fame, September 24, 2009. Consulted on October 23, 2011
  15. ^ Future of Music Coalition What's the Future for Musicians, Confirmed Panelists, October 6, 2008. Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  16. ^ All-day event coming up in New York City on October 6th: "What's the Future for Musicians?" Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  17. ^ The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music web site, Faculty, Core Faculty. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
  18. ^ Patrick Cole, ArtistShare Taps Web to Earn Musicians Money, Grammys (Update1), Bloomberg News, February 7, 2008. Consulted on October 26, 2011.
  19. ^ Conversations - Amazon.com [1]
  20. ^ Trey Anastasio - Seis de mayo [2] Consulted on October 9, 2011
  21. ^ Phish - Billy Breathes [3] Consulted on October 9, 2011>
  22. ^ Finale Made Easy - Brian Camelio [4]
  23. ^ Patrick Cole, ArtistShare taps Web, fans to earn its musicians money, Grammys, livemint.com, February 7, 2008. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
  24. ^ Don Heckman, Making fans a part of the inner circle, Los Angeles Times, February 10, 2008. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
  25. ^ Joel Rose, After Apple Records: Musician-Run Labels, NPR Music, May 15, 2008. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
  26. ^ Maria Schneider Discography - Concert in the Garden [5] Consulted on October 8, 2011
  27. ^ Maria Schneider at Grammy.com [6] Consulted on October 8, 2011
  28. ^ See top of page 1 of the study.
  29. ^ Cathy Allison, The Challenges and Opportunities of Online Music: Technology Measures, Business Models, Stakeholder Impact and Emerging Trends, ISBN 0-662-38335-4. Consulted on October 22, 2011
  30. ^ Don Williamson, ArtistShare: The Label That Involves You In The Creative Process, The Jazz Review, January 29, 2011. Consulted on October 12, 2011
  31. ^ Docstoc,Kickstarter-patent, Page 3, September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2011
  32. ^ Docstoc,Kickstarter-patent, Page 7, September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2011
  33. ^ Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, Kickstarter Faces Patent Suit Over Funding Idea, PCWorld, October 5, 2011. Consulted on October 6, 2011.
  34. ^ Eriq Gardner, KickStarter Seeks To Protect Fan-Funding Model From Patent Threat, The Hollywood Reporter, October 4, 2011. Consulted on October 15, 2011.
  35. ^ Jim Hall - Magic Meeting [7]
  36. ^ Jim Hall - Free Association [8]
  37. ^ a b New School Faculty Biography [9]