Editing ArtistShare (section)

==History==
[[File:Camelio Nelson Lundvall.jpg|thumb|right|250px|ArtistShare founder [[Brian Camelio]], singer [[Willie Nelson]], and Blue Note Records President [[Bruce Lundvall]] on Willie Nelson's tour bus]]
A United States–based company, ArtistShare (2001) is documented as being the first crowdfunding website <ref name="UKTelegraph"/> followed later by sites such as [[Sellaband]] (2006), SliceThePie (2007), [[IndieGoGo]] (2008), [[Spot.us]] (2008), [[Pledge Music]] (2009), and [[Kickstarter]] (2009).<ref name="Wharton"/>

ArtistShare projects have received 29 Grammy nominations and 10 Grammy awards to date.<ref name="artistshare.com">{{cite web |title=ArtistShare - About Us |url=http://artistshare.com/v4/About |website=artistshare.com |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref>

In 2005, American composer [[Maria Schneider (musician)|Maria Schneider's]] ''Concert in the Garden''  became the first album in [[Grammy]] history to win an award without being available in retail stores.<ref name="la times"/> The album was ArtistShare's first fan-funded project.  Schneider received four nominations that year for the fan-funded album and won the Grammy for ''Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album''.<ref name="mariaschneider.com">{{cite web |title=Maria Schneider Discography - Concert in the Garden |url=http://mariaschneider.com/albuminfo.aspx?ID=60 |website=mariaschneider.com |access-date=October 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614041256/http://www.mariaschneider.com/albuminfo.aspx?ID=60 |archive-date=June 14, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Grammy2011">{{cite web |title=Maria Schneider at Grammy.com |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=maria+schneider&title=&year=All&genre=All |website=grammy.com |access-date=October 8, 2011}}</ref> According to ArtistShare.com, ArtistShare artists consist of "some of today's most prestigious artists including Pulitzer prize and Oscar nominated writers, Guggenheim fellowship recipients and NEA Jazz Masters".<ref name="artistshare.com"/>

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 [[Brian Camelio]], [[Bruce Lundvall]], and [[Don Was]], President of Blue Note Records. In Blue Note's press release about the collaboration, Lundvall, Blue Note Chairman Emeritus, is quoted as saying, "'ArtistShare founder Brian Camelio is a true visionary. I see the ArtistShare business model as a key component of the future music business'"<ref name="BlueNote">Blue Note Records [http://www.bluenote.com/news/blue-note-records-to-partner-with-artistshare] Retrieved October 24, 2013</ref> The collaboration will "'essentially serve as a low-risk development arm of the label'" since the recordings will be funded by the fans.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=May 8, 2013 |title=Blue Note to Partner With ArtistShare |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/blue-note-to-partner-with-artistshare/ |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 26, 2013 }}</ref>