Benji Rogers, CEO/founder of Pledgemusic.com-direct-to-fan music business

My guest is Benji Rogers, CEO/founder of Pledgemusic.com, a platform that bridges the gap between musicians and their fans. Check out http://www.pledgemusic.com/ Wikipedia: PledgeMusic has successfully helped fund a number of artists' projects, with more than 82% of projects launched on the site successfully reaching their fundraising target.[2] Some of these artists include: Alien Ant Farm Archive Ben Folds Five Brigade Bruce Foxton [3][4] Charlie Simpson Daniel Bedingfield [5] Dave McPherson David Wax Museum Duke Special[6][7] The Defiled Earthtone9 Emmy the Great Esthero Flotsam and Jetsam[8] FM[9] For a Minor Reflection Funeral for a Friend Gang of Four[10] Ginger Grammatics Hawthorne Heights Headstones Helen Marnie I Like Trains IAMX InMe Jack Bruce Janet Devlin Joe Brooks Juliana Hatfield Langhorne Slim Firehorse Luke Bryan Madina Lake Martha Wainwright Matthew Mayfield Natty One Minute Silence Poets of the Fall Rachael Yamagata Reef Rhett Miller Ringo Deathstarr Secondhand Serenade Sylosis TAB the Band Tarja Turunen Teddy Geiger Terra Naomi The 69 Eyes The Blackout The Blood Arm[11] The Damnwells The Libertines The Lumineers The Tea Party Tina Dico The Rasmus The Subways Timo Tolkki Vertical Horizon Zee Avi