I want to revisit this topic.  It's been awhile since I talked about it.  For a quick review go and read this article: Job v3.0 - 21st Century Jobs

I want to focus on crowd patronage.  There are a variety of people out there now attempting succeeding? at this route of self-financing.  The journalist Michael Yon mentioned in the article above is but one.

Here is someone else trying to fund their effort via the web. Jill's next record

Bringing people with a need in touch with people that want to fulfill that need.  In this case it is Jill Sobule's wish to create a record.  She has been frustrated by an industry that seems to be in obliteration mode.

I am very skeptical as to whether she would have been able to accomplish this in any way prior to the internet,  Because if you are interested in her music you can go out and find a video of her and see what she's all about.

You can then go read a review of her shows. 10 February 2002: Tin Angel -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

And then, if you are convinced that she makes good music and music you want to be made so that you can listen to more of it...you can click click and give her some of your money.  Easy.

Connecting the crowd to the producer.

...how would you do that in 1988?