Brian Camelio is an American record producer, musician, entrepreneur, and founder of

ArtistShare ArtistShare is the internet's first commercial crowdfunding website.Crowd-Funding 101: What Every Musician Needs for a Successful Campaign It also operates as a record label and business model for artists which enables them to fund their projec ...

.Bob Grossweiner, Jane Cohen
Industry Profile: Brian Camelio
Celebrity Access, February 29, 2008. Consulted on October 9, 2011 Fred Kaplan
MUSIC; D.I.Y. Meets N.R.L. (No Record Label)
New York Times, July 4, 2004. Consulted on October 7, 2011. Brian Camelioon

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the dat ...

Consulted on February 7, 2015. Camelio is considered one of the fathers of

crowdfunding Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and Alternative Finance, alternative finance. In 2015, over was rais ...

,Barry Harrell
Crowdfunding is the new creative way to finance movies, CDs and more
,

Austin American-Statesman The ''Austin American-Statesman'' is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is owned by Gannett. The paper prints Associated Press, ''New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', and ''Los Angeles Times'' internation ...

, April 9, 2011. Consulted on October 23, 2011. and "a post-modern

Ahmet Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun (, Turkish spelling: Ahmet Ertegün; ; – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records. He discovered and ch ...

" according to Bloomberg News.Mike Zwerin
Ertegun's Death Is Milestone for Jazz Business
Bloomberg News, December 22, 2006. Consulted on October 26, 2011. In 2005, he was the subject of a chapter in in '' The Big Moo: Stop Trying to be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable'' titled "The One Thing You Can't Download" by entrepreneur and author

Seth Godin Seth W. Godin is an American author and former dot com business executive. Background After leaving Spinnaker in 1986, he used $20,000 in savings to found Seth Godin Productions, primarily a book packaging business, out of a studio apartment in ...

. He has been a speaker or panelist at the

Judge Business School Cambridge Judge Business School is the business school of the University of Cambridge. The School is a provider of management education. It is named after Sir Paul Judge, a founding benefactor of the school. The School is considered to be par ...

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

Midem Midem is the acronym for Marché International du Disque et de l'Édition Musicale, which is organised annually in and around the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France. The trade show, organized by Reed MIDEM, a subsidiary of Re ...

, The Grammy Foundation at NARAS,

ASCAP The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...

,ASCAP "I Create Music Week" Jazz Panels
allaboutjazz.com. Consulted on October 23, 2011.

NYU Law School New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835, it is the oldest law school in New York City and the oldest surviving law school in New ...

, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, The

Songwriters hall of fame The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer, music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman, and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work, represent, and maintain, the he ...

April Anderson
Packed House Presentation By ArtistShare
Songwriters Hall of Fame, September 24, 2009. Consulted on October 23, 2011 and The Future of Music Coalition.All-day event coming up in New York City on October 6th: "What's the Future for Musicians?"
Consulted on October 23, 2011. He was a member of the core faculty of

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music School of Jazz and Contemporary Music is the second conservatory of The New School. It is located on West 13th Street in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood. It was known as The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music before it w ...

, an online Digital Marketing instructor for the

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music ...

and has been a columnist for

All About Jazz ''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near ...

since 2010.

Music career

Camelio, who grew up in

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financ ...

, began his music career at the age of 9 and continued to pursue music at

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in th ...

as a composition major. After finishing his music degree at the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...

with a concentration in orchestral composition, he spent 15 years as a professional touring musician, composer and producer according to Celebrity Access.Patrick Cole
ArtistShare Taps Web to Earn Musicians Money, Grammys (Update1)
Bloomberg News, February 7, 2008. Consulted on October 26, 2011. Since founding

, he has produced seven releases for jazz guitarist and NEA Jazzmaster Jim Hall including Hemispheres, the 2008 collaboration with

Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of context ...

,Hemispheres - Amazon.com
/ref> and Conversations (2010) with

Joey Baron Bernard Joseph Baron (born June 26, 1955 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer who plays frequently with Bill Frisell and John Zorn. Music career Baron was born on June 26, 1955, in Richmond Virginia. When he was nine, h ...

as well as for New Orleans based songwriter Chip Wilson, and composer

Maria Schneider Maria Schneider may refer to: * Maria Schneider (politician) (born 1923), East German politician * Maria Schneider (actress) (1952–2011), French actress * Maria Schneider (musician) Maria Lynn Schneider (born November 27, 1960) is an Americ ...

, .Conversations - Amazon.com
/ref> He has also worked with

Trey Anastasio Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 Phish o ...

Phish Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band is known for musical improvisation, extended Jam session#Rock, jams, blending of Music genre, genres, and a dedicated Fandom, fan base. The band consists of guitari ...

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among others.Trey Anastasio - Seis de may

Consulted on October 9, 2011Phish - Billy Breathe

Consulted on October 9, 2011> In March 2021, Brian received a 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Grammy® award for his work as producer on the album Data Lords by

Business career

After teaching himself computer programming, Camelio started his first internet business in 1998, an online fundraising portal for non-profit groups. The business was not a success but the lessons learned led him to projects geared more towards technology. Around this time he also authored and published college music theory textbook named Finale Made Easy. Camelio Nelson Lundvall

In 2000 or 2001, Brian Camelio founded

. ArtistShare is recognized as the world's first

website for creative professionals.how crowdfunding can supercharge your campaign in 201

Consulted on December 5th, 2016Crowd-Funding 101: What Every Musician Needs for a Successful Campaign

Consulted on February 7th, 2015Blue Note to Partner With ArtistShare

Consulted on February 7th, 2015Crowdfund it

Consulted on February 7th, 2015 It also operates as a

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the prod ...

and

business model A business model describes how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value,''Business Model Generation'', Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Alan Smith, and 470 practitioners from 45 countries, self-published, 2010 in economic, soc ...

for creative artists, which enables them to fund their projects by allowing the general public to directly finance, watch the creative process, and in most cases gain access to extra material from an artist. In 2004, the first ArtistShare release won a Grammy for "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Recording" and became the first album ever to win a Grammy that was not available in retail stores.Maria Schneider Discography - Concert in the Garde

Consulted on October 8, 2011Maria Schneider at Grammy.co

Consulted on October 8, 2011 This is the moment Camelio describes as being his most memorable industry experience. In a 2004 study by Cathy Allison, a technology expert engaged by the Canadian Heritage’s Copyright Policy Branch "to capture a “snapshot” of current business models and technologies, and to contemplate possible future scenarios regarding the control and compensation for use of music", Camelio is quoted as saying: ''"ArtistShare is the only viable solution that I can see. With the advent of the latest technology, it is becoming increasingly clear that there needs to be a fundamental shift in how artists do business. That shift involves the expansion of the product offered and a completely different payment schedule. ArtistShare will provide the platform."''Cathy Allison
The Challenges and Opportunities of Online Music: Technology Measures, Business Models, Stakeholder Impact and Emerging Trends
. Consulted on October 22, 2011 The Jazz Review stated in January 2011 that Camelio "now may be considered visionary for perceiving the direction that the distribution of musical recordings was headed in 2001."Don Williamson
ArtistShare: The Label That Involves You In The Creative Process
The Jazz Review, January 29, 2011. Consulted on October 12, 2011 In May 2013, ArtistShare partnered with

Blue Note Records Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Or ...

to form a collaboration titled 'Blue Note/ArtistShare'. The Blue Note/ArtistShare collaboration was forged by Brian Camelio,

Bruce Lundvall Bruce Lundvall (September 13, 1935 – May 19, 2015) was an American record company executive, best known for his period as the President and CEO of the Blue Note Label Group, reporting directly to Eric Nicoli, the Chief Executive Officer of EMI G ...

, and

Don Was Don Edward Fagenson (born September 13, 1952), known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was co-founded the funk-rock band Was (Not Was). In later years he produced s ...

, President of Blue Note Records.

Selected discography

*1987: "Generations" - Jon Gailmor (Bass, Guitar) *1997: "Textures" - Jim Hall (Music Preparation) *1998: "By Arrangement" - Jim Hall (Music Preparation) *2002: "Trio of One" - Sean Harkness (Guitar, Composer) *2002: "Initial Wisdom" - Scott Colley (Composer) *2004: "Magic Meeting" - Jim Hall (Producer) *2005: "Free Association" - Jim Hall and

Geoffrey Keezer Geoffrey Keezer (born November 20, 1970) is an American jazz pianist. Keezer was playing in jazz clubs as a teenager, playing piano for Art Blakey at age 18 and touring with Joshua Redman, Benny Golson and Ray Brown (musician), Ray Brown in his ...

(Producer) *2008: "Hemispheres" - Jim Hall and

(Producer) *2010: "Conversations" - Jim Hall and

(Producer) *2011: "Living Alone And Loving It" (audio book) -

(Producer) *2012: "Live At Birdland" - Jim Hall (Producer) *2012: "Jim Hall Live! - Vol. 2-4" - Jim Hall (Producer) *2013: "Newport Jazz Gala!" -

Dianne Reeves Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer. Biography Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and he ...

, Jason Moran, Anat Cohen,

Edmar Castaneda Edmar may refer to: * Edmar Bernardes, former Brazilian footballer * Edmar Halovskyi de Lacerda, Brazilian-Ukrainian footballer * Edmar Japiassú Maia, former Brazilian footballer * Edmar Lacerda da Silva, Brazilian footballer * Edmar Victoriano, f ...

Ingrid Jensen Ingrid Jensen (born January 12, 1966) is a Canadian jazz trumpeter. Music career Jensen was born in North Vancouver and grew up in Nanaimo. She received a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After graduating from Berklee, she ...

Lionel Loueke Lionel Loueke (born 27 April 1973) is a guitarist and vocalist born in Benin. He moved to Ivory Coast in 1990 to study at the National Institute of Art. Biography Loueke grew up in what he has described as a family of poor intellectuals in the W ...

, Steve Wilson, and

Lewis Nash Lewis Nash (born December 30, 1958) is an American jazz drummer. According to ''Modern Drummer'' magazineNashhas one of the longest discographies in jazz and has played on over 400 records, earning him the honor of Jazz's Most Valuable Player ...

(Producer) *2016: "Inspired" - John Abercrombie, Rale Micic,

Peter Bernstein Peter Bernstein may refer to: *Peter Bernstein (composer) (born 1951), American film and television composer * Peter Bernstein (guitarist) (born 1967), American jazz guitarist *Peter L. Bernstein Peter Lewyn Bernstein (January 22, 1919 – Ju ...

, Lage Lund (Producer) *2016: "Valse Hot" - Jim Hall and

Red Mitchell Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. Biography Mitchell was born in New York City. His younger brother, Whitey Mitchell, also became a jazz ...

(Producer) *2017: "With a song in my heart" - Jane Hall and Ed Bickert (Producer) *2018: "Stories and Occasional Lies" - Chip Wilson (Producer, Performer) *2020: "Data Lords" - Maria Schneider Orchestra (Producer)

Awards

Grammy Awards

''Choc de l'année'' Awards (France)

Misc. Awards

* Mayor's Peace Prize - Burlington, Vt. for orchestral composition - 1989 Broadway.com
/ref> * ASCAP Young Composer's Grant - 1986 New School Faculty Biography
* VCA Grant - 1986

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Camelio 1965 births Living people American male composers 20th-century American composers American music industry executives Record producers from Massachusetts Guitarists from Massachusetts American male guitarists 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians