Aaron Tippin was a bit like Samuel Clemens when he pronounced “the news of my death has been greatly exaggerated!” (lol) Glad to hear that Aaron is okay.

Yet more good reviews of the new Sara Watkins album eh? My interest is growing a smidge with each such mention.

To me Kickstarter is a lot like PBS/NPR! I let other people send in money and then enjoy the end results!

Not using Chrome on a MacBook, you can’t. There’s a lot of foofaraw on that “About” page – which I looked at before making my comment – but the only proper names on there then and now are Shelton Hank Williams, Eric Church and Taylor Swift.

And it’s kind of funny to see you taking issue with being called a self-appointed expert when, right on your own website, you call yourself a “self-proclaimed culture warrior.” Is there supposed to be some big difference between those two?

And I don’t think making the obvious observance that a Kickstarter with a lower amount has a greater chance of success is self appointing myself an expert, I think it is me being a master of the obvious.

Um, the word you were looking for but didn’t find is “observation”; “observance” means something else. And your initial post didn’t say squat about chances of success, it was a bunch of hooey what Kickstarter “is for,” about a purported sense of “entitlement” on the part of Ms. Harrington, and how she’s asking for “too much” money.

And neither posting a bunch of mealy-mouthed and dishonest – really, dude, do you think the readers of your later post lack the capacity to scroll back up the page and see for themselves what you actually said? – walking back, nor
adding links to more uninformed blather about “the spirit of Kickstarter” – really, dude, are you one of Kickstarter’s founders? – does anything to improve matters.

How did documentaries get made before Kickstarter? How do documentaries that do not use Kickstarter get funded? Who or what decides why one project is worthy of up-front funding, mitigating the financial risk for the filmmaker, while other filmmakers and their investors/associates must bear the complete financial risk themselves?

I mentioned the recent Louvin documentary “Still Rattlin; The Devil’s Cage” that was Kickstarted with $3,000. The filmmakers eventually racked up tons of debt, spending personal money to make the film happen. And this was a serious, feature documentary premiered at the Nashville Film Festival, and was formatted to fit the PBS market for American Experience or another show. They also had to navigate music rights. I completely understand, it’s two different projects with specific needs, but the point is the advent of Kickstarter has raised some dilemmas that I think we must be open about.

I want this Carter Family Kickstarter to be funded and Beth Harrington to be compensated for her work. I did not say she felt entitled, I said that is the impression I believe the large sum being asked for will have on some people. Their eyes will widen and they’ll say “good luck”, as opposed to navigating to the pledge button, as they may be more inclined to do with a smaller sum.

I hope I’m wrong, and I hope the best for this documentary and Beth Harrington.

And here’s some more articles elucidating the Kickstarter views from this “self-appointed expert”

http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/the-kickstarter-dilemma-parody-ethics

http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/local-band-launches-kickstarter-campaign-for-new-album

Calling me an “anonymous internet self-appointed expert” is no more fair than me calling you a comment section troll. My handle on here is no more anonymous than yours, and if you click on it, it will take you to my website where you can click on the “About” button and find out that my name is Kyle Coroneos and you can Google away from there.

And I don’t think making the obvious observance that a Kickstarter with a lower amount has a greater chance of success is self appointing myself an expert, I think it is me being a master of the obvious.

Check out this video of the Johnny Cash interview (one, if not the last)

http://thewindingstream.com/video/

I hope her project will be supported. It’s tough all over.

Anyone who’s interested in reading something a little more informed and informative about it can do so here: http://meowonline.org/2012/05/08/beth-harrington-needs-cash-for-carters/ .

Maybe it doesn’t make all that much difference, but the news reports state that the accident with Justin Moore’s tour bus did not, actually, kill the other driver. Seems the guy was perfectly fine after the accident with the tour bus–He got out of his own car to inspect the damage and was then rammed into and killed by another vehicle.

That’s a rather typical chain of events that people need to be aware of when they’re in an accident.