We’re really happy to announce that we’ve recently brought APRA AMCOS on board as a sponsor of Vampr.
So what’s APRA AMCOS, and why should you care?
APRA AMCOS is a Performance Rights Organization (PRO) that collects royalties for Australian and New Zealand songwriters when their songs are performed, broadcast, streamed or, sold as a download or hardcopy. This is the major revenue stream for composers.
“To have them support Vampr and recognise our community as a legitimate creative space for musicians and writers globally, is a massive feather in our cap,” says co-founder Baz Palmer, musician and long-time beneficiary of APRA AMCOS royalties.
Every developed country in the world has a PRO (sometimes two or three) and we can’t stress enough to our songwriting members outside of Australia and New Zealand the importance of researching who your local society is and registering your works with them. Otherwise you may be leaving significant money on the table!
Back to APRA AMCOS for a moment. It’s free to sign up, and once you do, APRA AMCOS can give businesses permission to play, perform, copy, record or make available your music, collect payments from businesses for this use of music, and pay you royalties for identified use of your music. APRA AMCOS also exists to support their members. So when you become a member, you’ll also join a music community of over 103,000 songwriters and composers.
“Josh and Baz know first-hand the power of collaboration, and particularly the value of connecting to global networks. APRA AMCOS is proud to support Vampr’s innovative platform that helps our members to connect with fellow creators wherever they are in the world,” says Dean Ormston, APRA AMCOS Chief Executive.
Join today at apraamcos.com.au
More to come…
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Following on from the tremendous success of the inaugural Capitol Royale Hackathon last year, the festival is now back for 2019, bringing together creators, musicians, coders, startups & music fans to celebrate “Music on the Move”.
Capitol Music Group will host the second annual Capitol Royale on November 15-17th. The festival will once again take place at the legendary Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
Tickets are available here – make sure to enter the promo code FAF (all uppercase) on checkout to receive a 25% discount on purchase 😍🤗
Here’s a quick recap of last year’s event and a hint of what’s to come in 2019:
In addition to panel discussions, keynote addresses and networking mixers, the festival will feature a wide variety of musical artists performing throughout the weekend on multiple stages. Vinyl enthusiasts will enjoy the third instalment of Wax Record Fair, which will include a rare tour of Capitol Studios, a vinyl-themed panel discussion with industry insiders, food vendors, an on-site bar and a variety of artists on hand to DJ and sign records.
Participants in the Hackathon will have access to a catalog of approximately 40,000 pre-cleared audio streaming tracks. Twenty new apps were built at last year’s event, with more than $25,000 of prize money awarded!
Here’s a look back at how Vampr contributed to the inaugural Hackathon:
As I’m sure you are aware, we’ve spent the last couple of months laser focused on our crowdfunding campaign.
Well this week we’re shifting gears and moving the spotlight back onto the thing that matters most: you.
Here are your September Stories, and there’s a lot of them! Despite the fact we’ve been busy raising money, you guys have continued to let us know about your success stories (plz never change) and we’ve been stockpiling many of them over the past month.
As our platform matures, inevitably so too do the adventures and experiences of the many bands and relationships formed inside the Vampr community.
September saw multiple Vampr acts get featured articles in the press, we learned about two people who met on Vampr, formed a band, fell in love and have since gotten married (!) and so much more.
That’s enough from us — checkout three new Vampr Stories below. We’ll be following up in two weeks time with a second batch of stories just as diverse!
As always, please let us know if you have your own Vampr Story and want some help in getting it out across the universe ☺️
Congratulations to all our early-bird investors — you collectively raised $250,000 for Vampr and your security is now worth 10% more in value than when you first invested.
This is just the beginning, and doesn’t include the additional $141,000 raised in our concurrent Reg D offering. Our family will only continue to get bigger!
Have a fantastic weekend and get excited for next week — we’ve been preparing something really special for you ✌️
Hey guys,
A quick note today to let people know that the chance to be an early-bird investor in Vampr, securing a 10% discount, is quickly running out.
What does an early-bird investor get? You are buying into Vampr at a valuation 10% lower than the rest of the crowd. This means once the early-bird allocation is sold-out, the value of your security immediately jumps by 10% 🤗 We know!
We kicked off the week with $50,000 remaining in the early-bird allocation, however as of posting this update we’re already down to $40,395, which shows how fast things are moving!
So if you don’t want to miss out on the discount, or are keen to double down on your existing investment and secure a larger reserve at the lower valuation, then we suggest you quickly head on over to www.wefunder.com/vampr
Once the early-bird allocation is exhausted we will also be increasing our minimum investment amount from $100 to $250 — this is another incentive to get in now if you haven’t already!
TALLY UPDATE: Between the campaign and our concurrent Reg D private offering, we have raised over $350,000 with a lead investor and additional funding about to be announced 🥳
Best,
Josh
To our prospective and new investors alike,
This month has been nothing less than thrilling!
We have raised over $330,000, are about to close out our early bird round with only $57,000 remaining (read: invest now if you want the value of your security to be worth 10% more in the next few weeks!), and have been featured in many of the biggest music publications in the world.
Today’s update brings you a 30-minute video conversation between Josh and Brian Belley. Brian is an experienced angel investor who has a knack for drilling into the detail. Through his platform CrowdWise, Brian helps new and inexperienced investors navigate the busy and often confusing world of startups and early stage investing.
In this interview you’ll see him ask Josh the kinds of questions a seasoned angel investor might typically ask a founder. This interview was organized by Wefunder for your benefit, to help you better asses our offering.
Watch/listen to the conversation stream here:
Disclaimer: since this interview, Brian has committed to investing in Vampr 🤗
