Fan Funded Music

Got $10 bucks? Microfinance a Working Musician and do a world of good.

Calabash is applying the principles of microfinancing to the music industry. Our groundbreaking approach is the creation of peer-to-peer microfinancing of new music projects. We're using the power of online social networking to deliver start-up capital to aspiring musicians from developing countries around the world.

We're Changing the Way the World Finances Music

Calabash operates on a people-to-people model: Musicians obtain funding for their recordings from their fans -- without giving up ownership or control. Fans and Sponsors are able to feel a personal connection with a music project and get progress updates from Musicians. So, instead of buying music via a distribution network that prevents most of your money from getting to the artist, peer-to-peer microfinancing lets you sponsor small amounts directly to any musician that you choose.
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www.tuneyourworld.com

Your Favorite Backstreet Music Shop

"Calabash Music™ is the online reincarnation of your favorite backstreet music store: that long-lost specialist record emporium whose walls were plastered with community music notices, whose access was by means of some rickety old stairs from street level and whose salespersons were as keen to talk to you about what they were selling as they were to part you from your money." – Andy Morgan, The Independent

Calabash Music™ is your entry into global music scene giving easy access to all the great, but hard-to-find, music from around the world. Calabash represents some of the most diverse and talented contemporary musicians. 

Learn What Our Customers Say! -- "Calabash Music has put together a huge, incredible array of international artists. It's great to find all these treasures in one place."

A Better Way to Buy Music... A Fair Trade for the Artist

Our socially conscious business model and focus on international artists is revitalizing the music industry in developing nations around the globe. When our artists sell their music directly to you, they keep half the money from each sale and they avoid the high costs of manufacturing, marketing and distributing their music on CDs.

Learn more about Fair Trade Music

Cool things we are doing to make it easy for you to discover great new music from everywhere:

• Free Song Downloads – check out this week's free songs – 10 new songs each week!

• Tune Your World Social Network – join our network and share your music passions with others

• Playlists – MP3 compilations recommended by artists, guest DJs and our music editors
  

• Search and Play – instantly create a radio stream based on your search

• Video Premieres – new music videos by international artists added each week

People at Calabash Music

We're just a few music-obsessed people based in Boston, New York, San Fransisco, Paris & Sao Paulo. We love what we do and have the best time bringing you great music from everywhere.

Meet the Calabash Staff and learn what we're listening to...

Join the Calabash Street Team

Now you can help spread the word about the world's best independent artists and get on the inside track of the global music scene with free downloads and exclusive new music. We are recruiting a crowd of music-obsessed people who love great music from everywhere. The more you tell people about Calabash, the more you’ll get in return.

Click here to learn more.

Get Published on Calabash!

We are currently recruiting writers to blog about the latest happenings in the International Music Scene, and we're hoping you’d like to be a contributor. Our music blog is posted onto the home page of CalabashMusic.com which receives 300,000 visitors and over 1 million pageviews per month. Learn More

Calabash Music in the News

"My favorite music download site? The legal world music source calabashmusic.com"
- Elvis Costello, as quoted in the LA Times

"World music has its own clearinghouse at Calabash Music, where it's easy to stock an iPod with music from Uzbekistan or Curacao."
- Jon Pareles, NY Times

"The Eric Clapton of Mali? The Britney Spears of Uzbekistan? You can't find much of them on iTunes, but now their catalogs are available for downloading on CalabashMusic.com"
- William Buckley, Wall Street Journal

"Calabash Music is the best and easiest way I've found for anyone to be exposed to music from beyond our borders. Rather than leaving international sounds the exclusive purview of academics and granola nerds, I strongly suggest you give yourself an hour or so on the site. I can almost guarantee that anyone with an open mind will find something fascinating and fun. If I sound like I’m overflowing with enthusiasm, it’s because I am."
– Jason Ferguson, Orlando Weekly

"The impressive Calabash Music web site is becoming an especially hot destination, providing an easily navigated and encyclopedic one-stop for finding out about world music talent and purchasing their recordings. The site offers some spectacular deals on MP3 downloads, and it’s guilt free"
– Christina Roden, Global Rhythm Magazine

To read these stories and more, click here

Calabash is the Music Service for National Geographic

Calabash Music and National Geographic are pleased to announce a partnership that provides an immediate on-demand listening, viewing and purchasing playground for fans of world music. National Geographic is using Calabash Music's deep catalog to fill it's new  Music section of its website. This deal also places the independent artists and labels in Calabash Music's catalog in front of the 10 million monthly NationalGeographic.com users, and is expected to help drive increased sales and exposure for these artists.

“This is a great opportunity for the artists in our catalog. By working with National Geographic, we are building a direct conduit between National Geographic readers and the musicians of the world,” said Brad Powell, Founder and CEO of Calabash Music. Calabash Music works with independent artists from around the world and has established a fair-trade model for the music industry. “With the launch of this partnership, our artists are enabled to compete globally in new and financially sustainable ways.”

Learn more about our work with National Geographic...

View the National Geographic Music Site

Calabash Music provides the Online Music Service for Global Rhythm Magazine, LinkTV, Afropop Worldwide and Mondomix.

Contact Information:

CALABASH MUSIC, INC
249 Elm Street
Somerville, MA 02144
US
phone: (1) 617.459.4062
fax: (1) 617.507.7769
email: techsupport@calabashmusic.com

Employer Identification Number:
04-35388584
The address of the registered of the corporation in the State of Delaware:
15 East North Street
City of Dover
County of Kent, DE, 19901
US
The name of its registered agent at that address is Incorporarting Serivces, Ltd.

Calabash Music is currently seeking investors.