Brian Camelio Explained

Brian Louis Camelio
Years Active:1974–present
Occupation:Record producer, songwriter, musician, Founder/CEO ArtistShare inc., entrepreneur

Brian Louis Camelio is an American record producer, musician, entrepreneur, founder of ArtistShare[1] [2] [3] [4] and senior consultant at The Camelio Group.[5]

Camelio is considered one of the fathers of crowdfunding,[6] and "a post-modern Ahmet Ertegun" according to Bloomberg News.[7] In 2005, he was the subject of a chapter in [8] in titled "The One Thing You Can't Download" by entrepreneur and author Seth Godin. He has been a speaker or panelist at the Judge Business School at Cambridge University,[9] Midem,[10] The Grammy Foundation at NARAS,[11] ASCAP,[12] [13] NYU Law School,[14] Pew Center for Arts & Heritage,[15] The Songwriters hall of fame[16] and The Future of Music Coalition.[17] [18]

He was a member of the core faculty of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music,[19] an online Digital Marketing instructor for the Eastman School of Music[20] and has been a columnist for All About Jazz since 2010.[21] [22]

Music career

Camelio, who grew up in Boston, began his music career at the age of 9 and continued to pursue music at Clark University as a composition major. After finishing his music degree at the University of Vermont with a concentration in orchestral composition, he spent 15 years as a professional touring musician, composer and producer according to Celebrity Access.[1] [23]

Since founding ArtistShare, he has produced seven releases for jazz guitarist and NEA Jazzmaster Jim Hall[24] including Hemispheres, the 2008 collaboration with Bill Frisell,[25] and Conversations (2010) with Joey Baron as well as for New Orleans based songwriter Chip Wilson, and composer Maria Schneider.[26] He has also worked with Trey Anastasio, Phish, Barbara Feldon among others.[27] [28]

In March 2021, Camelio received a Grammy award for his work as producer on the album Data Lords by Maria Schneider.

Business career

After teaching himself computer programming, Camelio started his first internet business in 1998, an online fundraising portal for non-profit groups. The business was not a success but the lessons learned led him to projects geared more towards technology.[1] Around this time he also authored and published college music theory textbook named Finale Made Easy.[29]

In 2000 or 2001, Camelio founded ArtistShare.[2] [30] [31] [32] ArtistShare is recognized as the world's first crowdfunding website for creative professionals.[33] [34] [35] [36] It also operates as a record label and business model for creative artists, which enables them to fund their projects by allowing the general public to directly finance, watch the creative process, and in most cases gain access to extra material from an artist.[37] [38] [39] In 2004, the first ArtistShare release won a Grammy for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording" and became the first album ever to win a Grammy that was not available in retail stores.[40] [41] This is the moment Camelio describes as being his most memorable industry experience.[1]

In a 2004 study by Cathy Allison, a technology expert engaged by the Canadian Heritage’s Copyright Policy Branch "to capture a 'snapshot' of current business models and technologies, and to contemplate possible future scenarios regarding the control and compensation for use of music", Camelio is quoted as saying: "ArtistShare is the only viable solution that I can see. With the advent of the latest technology, it is becoming increasingly clear that there needs to be a fundamental shift in how artists do business. That shift involves the expansion of the product offered and a completely different payment schedule. ArtistShare will provide the platform."[42]

The Jazz Review stated in January 2011 that Camelio "now may be considered visionary for perceiving the direction that the distribution of musical recordings was headed in 2001."[43]

In May 2013, ArtistShare partnered with Blue Note Records to form a collaboration titled 'Blue Note/ArtistShare'. The Blue Note/ArtistShare collaboration was forged by Camelio, Bruce Lundvall, and Don Was, President of Blue Note Records.[44]

Selected discography

Awards

Choc de l'année Awards (France)

Award YearNominee / WorkAwardRoleResult
2005Jim Hall - "Magic Meeting"[46] Choc de l'année AwardProducer
2006Jim Hall / Geoffrey Keezer - "Free Association"[47] Choc de l'année AwardProducer

Other awards

Notes and References

  1. Bob Grossweiner, Jane Cohen, Industry Profile: Brian Camelio, Celebrity Access, February 29, 2008. Consulted on October 9, 2011
  2. [Fred Kaplan (journalist)|Fred Kaplan]
  3. Brian Camelio
  4. http://briancamelio.com
  5. https://cameliogroup.com
  6. Barry Harrell, Crowdfunding is the new creative way to finance movies, CDs and more, Austin American-Statesman, April 9, 2011. Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  7. Mike Zwerin, Ertegun's Death Is Milestone for Jazz Business, Bloomberg News, December 22, 2006. Consulted on October 26, 2011.
  8. Seth Godin, The Big Moo: Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable, Portfolio, 2005,, pp. 47-48.
  9. http://www.cr.jbs.cam.ac.uk/?page=AgendaMediaCBIGEvent Beyond the Sound Bite 2010, Agenda
  10. Midem: nouveau modèle économique recherché, January 22, 2007. Consulted on October 15, 2011.
  11. http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234387 Grammy in the Schools Panel Prepares Students for Careers in Music
  12. http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/events/expo/2010/schedule.aspx 2010 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO, Schedule
  13. https://archive.today/20130116113948/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news_print.php?id=13398 ASCAP "I Create Music Week" Jazz Panels
  14. http://www.law.nyu.edu/ecm_dlv4/groups/public/@nyu_law_website__students__student_organizations__the_commentator/documents/documents/ecm_pro_063349.pdf Panel Discusses State of Music Industry
  15. http://www.pcah.us/music/newsroom/pmp-pd-event-brian-camelio-artistshare-march-25-2011/ PMP Professional Development Event: Brian Camelio of ArtistShare
  16. April Anderson, Packed House Presentation By ArtistShare, Songwriters Hall of Fame, September 24, 2009. Consulted on October 23, 2011
  17. Future of Music Coalition What's the Future for Musicians, Confirmed Panelists, October 6, 2008. Consulted on October 23, 2011.
  18. http://overflowlegal.com/story.php?title=All-day_event_coming_up_in_New_York_City_on_October_6th_Whats_the_Future_for_Musicians All-day event coming up in New York City on October 6th: "What's the Future for Musicians?"
  19. https://web.archive.org/web/20111112211137/http://newschool.edu/jazz/faculty.aspx The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music web site, Faculty, Core Faculty
  20. Web site: Digital Marketing. en. 2018-12-20.
  21. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=37398&pg=1 All About Jazz - The Art of the Artist to Fan Relationship - Brian Camelio
  22. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/contrib.php?id=32773 All About Jazz - Brian Camelio User Profile
  23. Patrick Cole, ArtistShare Taps Web to Earn Musicians Money, Grammys (Update1), Bloomberg News, February 7, 2008. Consulted on October 26, 2011.
  24. Web site: National Endowment of the Arts Website . 2012-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120921110101/http://www.nea.gov/honors/jazz/jmCMS/master.php?id=2004_01&type=bio . 2012-09-21 . dead .
  25. https://www.amazon.com/Hemispheres-Jim-Hall/dp/B001JD73ZC/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1346098852&sr=1-1&keywords=jim+hall+hemispheres Hemispheres - Amazon.com
  26. https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Jim-Hall/dp/B0043EFHU2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318188739&sr=8-1 Conversations - Amazon.com
  27. Trey Anastasio - Seis de mayo http://phish.com/#/music/seis-de-mayo-trey-anastasio Consulted on October 9, 2011
  28. Phish - Billy Breathes https://archive.today/20130117224711/http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Phish/Phish/p/9780793572373 Consulted on October 9, 2011>
  29. http://learn.ssc.edu/fhanzelin/course_pdf_files_s00/mus102gu.pdf Finale Made Easy - Brian Camelio
  30. Patrick Cole, ArtistShare taps Web, fans to earn its musicians money, Grammys, livemint.com, February 7, 2008. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
  31. Don Heckman, Making fans a part of the inner circle, Los Angeles Times, February 10, 2008. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
  32. Joel Rose, After Apple Records: Musician-Run Labels, NPR Music, May 15, 2008. Consulted on October 7, 2011.
  33. how crowdfunding can supercharge your campaign in 2016 https://www.forbes.com/sites/haroldstark/2016/10/26/how-crowdfunding-can-supercharge-your-campaign-in-2016/?sh=2f4582c9276f Consulted on December 5th, 2016
  34. Crowd-Funding 101: What Every Musician Needs for a Successful Campaign http://www.guitarworld.com/crowd-funding-101-what-every-musician-needs-successful-campaign Consulted on February 7th, 2015
  35. Blue Note to Partner With ArtistShare http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/blue-note-to-partner-with-artistshare/?_r=0 Consulted on February 7th, 2015
  36. Crowdfund it! https://books.google.com/books?id=D05eBAAAQBAJ&dq=artistshare+first+crowdfunding+site&pg=PT44 Consulted on February 7th, 2015
  37. Web site: Making fans a part of the inner circle . Don Heckman . February 10, 2008 . Los Angeles Times . October 7, 2011.
  38. Web site: Can You Spare a Quarter? Crowdfunding Sites Turn Fans into Patrons of the Arts . December 8, 2010 . Wharton Innovation and Entrepreneurship . 12 October 2011.
  39. http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2008/02/02122008-addend.html 02.12.2008: Addendum to recent Wired Article (Part II) Model Number 7: Fan Supported Label/Distribution
  40. Maria Schneider Discography - Concert in the Garden http://mariaschneider.com/albuminfo.aspx?ID=60 Consulted on October 8, 2011
  41. Maria Schneider at Grammy.com http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=maria+schneider&title=&year=All&genre=All Consulted on October 8, 2011
  42. Cathy Allison, The Challenges and Opportunities of Online Music: Technology Measures, Business Models, Stakeholder Impact and Emerging Trends, . Consulted on October 22, 2011
  43. Don Williamson, ArtistShare: The Label That Involves You In The Creative Process, The Jazz Review, January 29, 2011. Consulted on October 12, 2011
  44. News: Chinen . Nate . May 8, 2013 . Blue Note to Partner With ArtistShare . The New York Times . October 26, 2013 .
  45. Web site: 2021-06-01. Brian Camelio. 2021-03-14. GRAMMY.com. en.
  46. Web site: 2021-06-01. Magic Meeting. 2021-03-14. jimhallmusic.com. en.
  47. Web site: 2021-06-01. Free Association. 2021-03-14. jimhallmusic.com. en.
  48. http://www.newschool.edu/jazz/faculty.aspx?id=37556 New School Faculty Biography
  49. http://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Noted-Guitarists-Chip-Wilson-Brian-Camelio-and-Sean-Harkness-Team-Up-For-Stage-72-Gig-115-20131019# Broadway.com

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