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| On February 8, 2011, {{Cite patent|US|7885887}}, entitled "Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work", was granted. Brian Camelio is named as inventor in the patent.<ref>http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=MNgFAQAAEBAJ&dq=artistshare</ref> The patent has since been assigned to Fan Funded, LLC |
On February 8, 2011, {{Cite patent|US|7885887}}, entitled "Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work", was granted. Brian Camelio is named as inventor in the patent.<ref>http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=MNgFAQAAEBAJ&dq=artistshare</ref> The patent has since been assigned to Fan Funded, LLC.<ref>http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=pat&pat=7885887</ref>{{primary source-inline}} | ||
| ==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
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| Brian Camelio | |
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 ArtistShare Founder and CEO Brian Camelio | |
| Background information | |
| Occupation(s) | Founder/CEO ArtistShare inc, musician |
Brian Camelio is a musician and computer programmer who founded ArtistShare, the first fan-funded music model, in 2000 or 2001. He has released his own music, and worked as a studio musician and as a producer for Jazz legends such as Jim Hall, Bill Frisell and Joey Baron. He is considered by music industry professionals to be the father of the "crowd-funded/fan-funded" music business model by founding ArtistShare. ArtistShare is a music industry business model where the fans fund the creation of new recordings and the artist is paid before the recording is released.
In 2005, Camelio was featured in The Big Moo - The Group of 33, "an unprecedented collaboration of 33 of the world's smartest business thinkers" by renowned business writer Seth Godin. In 2008, Camelio advised researchers from the Copyright Policy Branch of the Government of Canada as part of the Copyright Modernization Act, 2010. He has been a guest speaker at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University, Midem, NARAS, ASCAP, NYU Law School, Columbia University, University of the Arts (Philadelphia), FMC and has been a member of the adjunct faculty at New School University since the mid-'90s, where he teaches music, business and technology.
Music career
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Camelio 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. Since founding ArtistShare, he is most active as a producer most notably producing 4 award winning releases for Jazz guitar legend Jim Hall including Hemispheres the 2008 collaboration with Bill Frisell and Conversations (2010) with Joey Baron. Camelio has also worked with a variety of popular artists including Trey Anastasio and Phish.
Business career
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In early 2000, Brian founded ArtistShare. ArtistShare is a relationship-based model for the arts business, in which fans contribute towards the funding of an artists latest work in exchange for insight into the creative process. Recordings made for ArtistShare are "fan-funded" and to this date have received a total of 5 Grammy awards, 17 Grammy nominations and one Latin Grammy nomination since 2005. The first ArtistShare fan-funded project release was entitled Concert in the Garden by American composer Maria Schneider. In 2004, the release won a Grammy for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording" and made recording industry history as being the first album ever to win a Grammy that was not available in retail stores.
Patents
On February 8, 2011, US 7885887 , entitled "Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work", was granted. Brian Camelio is named as inventor in the patent. The patent has since been assigned to Fan Funded, LLC.
Awards
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- Choc de L'ane'e Award (Jazzman - France) 2005 for Jim Hall- Magic Meeting (producer)
- Choc de L'ane'e Award (Jazzman - France) 2006 for Jim Hall- Free Association (producer)
- ASCAP Young Composer's Grant for String Quartet # 1 (composer)
- Mayor's Peace Prize for composing the symphony Return to Dawn (composer)
- GRAMMY Awards 2005-2011 – 5 GRAMMY wins and 17 Nominations for ArtistShare releases
References
- Fred Kaplan, MUSIC; D.I.Y. Meets N.R.L. (No Record Label), New York Times, July 04, 2004. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
- Patrick Cole, ArtistShare taps Web, fans to earn its musicians money, Grammys, February 7, 2008. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
- Don Heckman, Making fans a part of the inner circle, Los Angeles Times, February 10, 2008. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
- Joel Rose, After Apple Records: Musician-Run Labels, NPR Music, May 15, 2008. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
- http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brian-camelio-p301375/credits
- http://www.artistshare.com
- http://www.sethgodin.com/bigmoo/
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=5144516
- http://www.newschool.edu/jazz/faculty.aspx
- http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=MNgFAQAAEBAJ&dq=artistshare
- http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=pat&pat=7885887
Further reading
- Records, billboards, superstars and patrons of tomorrow, Gather.com, April 05, 2007