Crowd-funding is a popular choice for creative artists

Crowd-funding can be a great option for bands, filmmakers and other creatives, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Crowd-funding is a popular choice for creative artists

PAT COLDRICK is doing it for himself. The latest record from the classical guitarist is entitled City Jam. What’s interesting about it – apart from its interpretations of some guitar masterpieces alongside five original compositions – is that the Dubliner collected €16,000 from the crowdfunding site, Fund It, to make it. It’s the same resource the band Fight Like Apes recently used to raise €20,000 for their third album.

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