
HECTOR'S DEBUT ARTIST PROGRAM
The Hector Fund is making good on its promise of fair trade Artistfunding by creating the Debut Artist Program to provide microfinancing to musicians from around the world. Think of our Debut Artist Program as a Kiva.org for musicians. By joining one of our Debut Artist Campaigns you’re changing the way the world finances music and supporting economic development in music capitals around the globe.
Fan contributions are in micro amounts of $10 - $20. You, the fan provide microfunding for musicians from one of the unlikely music capitals of the world - the townships of Capetown, South Africa, say, or the favelas in Salvador. You receive a copy of their music - a new and completely unique recording that you helped to create. A recording that wouldn’t exist without your assistance. Change the lives of our Debut Artists. This is the New Music Industry. This is 2009. This is The Hector Fund.
FEATURED DEBUT ARTIST

La Otrabanda
Hometown: Cabudare, Venezuela
Artistfunding Amount: $1000
Funding Supports: Production Of Music Video To Market La Otrabanda Album
We grew up in a part of the world where there are two things that keep you from sleeping until late in the mornings: the roosters and the omnipresent melodies usually coming from all directions, even in the early morning hours. It’s this music that provides some relief from the tough and unpleasant routine of poverty. Music provides respite: at least everyone has the power to choose the radio station they hear during lunch, even when for some people their plate of food looks the same every day.
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