COMBO education meeting on crowdfunding

Last Sunday, COMBO held their monthly education meeting at the Breckenridge Brewery, covering the topic of crowdfunding. On the panel were Rob Drabkin, Katey Laurel and Reed Fuchs. Rob had a successful campaign a few years ago that raised $15K. Katey has done four smaller campaigns for about $2K each. And Reed was involved in three small campaigns.

Rob Drabkin – photo by McCory James Photography (McCory.com) Rob’s campaign was done through PledgeMusic.com. He had recorded all of his songs prior to asking for money. His funds were going to be used for marketing & promotion of the music and he gave out some premiums to his supporters: concert tickets, CD’s, and a few “tickets for life.”

“I also offered to shave my head for $25K, but there were no takers.” Rob Drabkin

Rob raised over $15,000.00 (110% of the goal) with about 300 backers. He said the…