Comments on: Another Great Patronage Example http://www.onlinefandom.com/archives/another-great-patronage-example/ news & perspectives on fan communication and online social life Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:03:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deborah http://www.onlinefandom.com/archives/another-great-patronage-example/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Deborah Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:29:52 +0000 http://www.onlinefandom.com/archives/another-great-patronage-example/#comment-1239 The band <a href="http://girlyman.com/" rel="nofollow">Girlyman</a> has made slightly more expensive than retail pre-orders available for all three of their albums so far, and they have encouraged people to buy the pre-ordered albums by explaining that without the pre-orders, they would not be able to afford to produce the albums. Aside from the pre-ordered albums coming pre-signed (which is actually not much of a perk, when you think about it, because it takes away the excuse to get your album signed in line at the concert and flirt with the band), there are no particular perks to pre-ordering the album except the knowledge that you are enabling the band to pay for production. Although the pre-order for their third album, "Joyful Sign", came "signed by the band and sealed with a very girly kiss". And in the pre-order request for their second album, "Little Star", they said that if anyone would send them $5,000 for production they would give those individuals a private house concert. (Jokingly, I assume, because Girlyman is a small folk band, and not the kind of band whose fans usually manage to come up with $5,000 to support fandom.) The band Girlyman has made slightly more expensive than retail pre-orders available for all three of their albums so far, and they have encouraged people to buy the pre-ordered albums by explaining that without the pre-orders, they would not be able to afford to produce the albums. Aside from the pre-ordered albums coming pre-signed (which is actually not much of a perk, when you think about it, because it takes away the excuse to get your album signed in line at the concert and flirt with the band), there are no particular perks to pre-ordering the album except the knowledge that you are enabling the band to pay for production.

Although the pre-order for their third album, “Joyful Sign”, came “signed by the band and sealed with a very girly kiss”. And in the pre-order request for their second album, “Little Star”, they said that if anyone would send them $5,000 for production they would give those individuals a private house concert. (Jokingly, I assume, because Girlyman is a small folk band, and not the kind of band whose fans usually manage to come up with $5,000 to support fandom.)

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