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Podcast: Music Ally Focus
Episode: Artist Beardyman explains how he uses Patreon to empower unique forms of fan-artist engagement – and create a new income stream
Description: Music Ally Focus Ep. 82: We’re joined by multi-award winning UK beatbox champion, and live looping pioneer, Beardyman (AKA Darren Foreman) – who, like a number of artists, has created a significant extra income stream via a subscription model on Patreon. We talk to him about how he has made a model where fans do not merely support him – they collaborate with him: subscribers can present their track ideas and collaborate directly with Beardyman, and if successful, get royalties on the track. Darren he tells us about how and why he set up this new, direct-to-fan community connection, how it has be...