Musical Entrepreneurship

This article over on the indispensable Boing Boing talks about how a performer is pre-selling her shows so that she's assured of an audience when she performs. Surely a wave of the future.

What I do know is that I can start my own system. I can use the tools of communication, networking, and technology to help my fan base be part of my art. I pre-sold my album to fund the recording and now I'm pre-selling shows before I even book them so that I can come and play for my fans wherever they want me to play.