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33-748: The company announced it was facing bankruptcy in May 2019, after a year of artists reporting slow payment problems. The company was granted permission to wind up on 19 August 2019. PledgeMusic was formed in the UK and registered with Companies House on 1 October 2008. In the next few years, a number of complementary companies were also formed under the PledgeMusic banner. They were: PledgeMusic Retail Ltd on 18 June 2009; PledgeMusic Recordings Limited on 18 August 2010 (originally named PledgeMusic 2.0 Limited); and PledgeMusic Publishing on 11 November 2010. Ginger Wildheart

66-509: A biographical book. This Pledgemusic campaign quickly reached its funding goal, and 10% of all the money raised thereafter was donated to the charity Shelter . The album Year of the Fanclub , consisting of songs from the G-A-S-S project, was released in 2015, and the book on Ginger's life and music, titled Songs and Words , was released in early 2016. Ginger's next crowdfunded project was

99-445: A compilation of tracks from his solo career, as a 16-track CD on Round Records. The album is a retrospective of his solo work (including Silver Ginger 5 ) since 2000, along with two previously unreleased tracks. A second collection called 10 (Two) was also released as a free 10-track download. For his next solo project in 2011, Ginger decided to avoid standard record company distribution and explore crowdfunding options. He launched

132-415: A direct-to-fan platform as opposed to a crowdfunding website. Features that the site claimed distinguished it from similar competitors: PledgeMusic had two distinct types of campaigns: direct-to-fan and preorder. In direct-to-fan campaigns, fans were not charged until the project target was reached. If a target was not reached, fans were not charged. In preorder campaigns, fans were charged immediately, and

165-421: A documentary about 'super fans' and their role in the future of the music industry. The documentary features footage and interviews from SXSW and interviews with artists such as Nicole Atkins and San Fermin . In early 2018, reports emerged of artists not being paid in accordance with their agreements with PledgeMusic. Also at that time, PledgeMusic's accounts for 2017 had not been filed with Companies House in

198-556: A modern online version of an old-style fan club. A subscription to the Ginger Associated Secret Society (G-A-S-S) came with a guaranteed three brand new songs on the first day of every month. During this period Ginger also toured with the Courtney Love band, and she appeared in G-A-S-S song "Honour". In December 2014 Ginger announced another Pledgemusic campaign to jointly fund a new solo album and

231-578: A poll to select their favourite tracks. The top 12 songs selected in this fashion would be released as a standard single CD for the public via typical retail channels. As the pledges continued to come in, Ginger announced in February 2012 that the title of the triple album would be 555% and that when the pledge total hit that percentage of the original funding goal, the 3-CD hard copy of the album would become unavailable, though contributors would still have access to all 30 tracks via download. Furthermore,

264-495: A report was published in Digital Music News in which a leaked email was quoted, apparently sent from Robbie Wirdnam, an assistant manager at FRP Advisory LLP, who, according to the email, were due to be appointed as administrators for the winding up of PledgeMusic.com. The email was attempting to find potential buyers for all or part of the PledgeMusic business prior to selling off the company's assets. Benji Rogers,

297-593: A self-titled album within seven days of their formation. That album was released in 2022 and reached No. 8 on the UK Independent Album chart. A second album is expected in late 2023. Ginger has a child with English drummer and former member of punk rock band Fluffy Angie Adams, Jasmine Adams (professionally known as Jazmin Bean). Bean is a singer-songwriter who first began releasing music in 2019. Insolvency Service The Insolvency Service

330-484: A series of CD singles with three tracks each, to be released each month for one year. Known as The Singles Club, this project included the first material released under the name Ginger and operated parallel to the Silver Ginger 5 project and a reformation of The Wildhearts. Due to financial problems at Infernal Records, only 18 tracks were recorded, and only five singles were released. A compilation of all 18 tracks

363-584: A survey to investigate the impact PledgeMusic's failure would have on the industry. Sometime between July 13 and July 25, the PledgeMusic.com website became unavailable. The latest archived copy held by web.archive.org was dated July 13. On July 31, a petition to wind up PledgeMusic.com was heard in the High Court of London. The petition was presented by Russell Rieger on behalf of the directors of PledgeMusic.com, who at that time were Russell Rieger, Joshua Sason , Donald Ienner, Daniel Rowe and David Walsh, and

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396-547: Is an executive agency of the Department for Business and Trade with headquarters in London. It has around 1,700 staff, operating from 22 locations across the UK. The Insolvency Service administers compulsory company liquidations and personal bankruptcies and deals with misconduct through investigation of companies and enforcement. It also makes redundancy payments in cases where a company is insolvent. The Insolvency Service

429-723: Is responsible for authorising and regulating the insolvency profession. They: The Insolvency Service operates under a statutory framework – mainly the Insolvency Act 1986 , the Insolvency Act 2000 , the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and the Employment Rights Act 1996 . Insolvency Service staff are based across the UK in a network of 38 official receiver offices throughout England and Wales; On 1 April 2006, Companies Investigation Branch of BERR transferred to

462-506: The country -oriented album Ghost in the Tanglewood . The album was supported by an acoustic tour assisted by Jase Edwards . The album Headzapoppin , was released in late 2019. The album The Pessimist's Companion was released in 2020 by the recently relaunched Round Records. In 2019, Ginger formed Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners with singer/guitarist Neil Ivison, bassist Nick Lyndon, and drummer Shane Dixon. This ensemble recorded

495-482: The UK House of Lords, described PledgeMusic as a "rather clever idea" in the context of developing proportionate legal structures to protect copyright within the creative industry. In June 2019, Musically reported that Kickstarter decided against launching a similar service due to being unable to find a sustainable business model that would support a high number of lower-volume creators. List of artists that used

528-415: The UK and by then were 4 months overdue. On 24 January 2019, PledgeMusic issued a statement via its blog page that claimed the company was having "discussions with several strategic players in the industry who have an interest in the PledgeMusic platform" and that it expects "payments will be brought current within the next 90 days." On January 29, PledgeMusic founder Benji Rogers issued a statement saying he

561-692: The Year , 2014. Notes Citations Ginger Wildheart Ginger Wildheart (born David Leslie Walls ; 17 December 1964), sometimes known simply as Ginger , is an English rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career as a guitarist in The Quireboys , but is best known as the founder and leader of The Wildhearts . In addition, he has released numerous solo albums and has been involved in many other musical projects. Ginger played in many bands including South Shields band The Cups and Beki Bondage 's band The Bombshells. He

594-452: The ambitious "Triple Album Project" via PledgeMusic , announcing a plan to record a 30-song triple album comprising hitherto unfinished and unrecorded material dating back to 2007. The campaign met with immediate success, hitting 100% of its funding total goal within six hours of launch. Hard copies of the full album, consisting of 3 CDs in a hardbound case, were offered only to contributors, and those contributors were invited to participate in

627-528: The artist was paid directly upon project completion. PledgeMusic artists had the option of donating a percentage of their total or post-goal revenue to a charity of their choice. As of 2014, 67% of projects had been linked with a charity. Artists without a cause in mind were able to meet with the company's charity outreach specialist to pair them up with charities. In 2010, while discussing the Digital Economy Bill Lord Errol , in

660-676: The claims and mentioned considering legal action against Andrews. In March 2020, the BBC reported that the band CC Smugglers lost £20,000 when PledgeMusic went bankrupt. It also stated the Insolvency Service was still investigating the company's insolvency. By September 2021, a startup direct-to-fan site, Sonicly, had hired Benji Rogers as a consultant, in an attempt to avoid making similar mistakes as PledgeMusic. Sonicly plans not to hold any funds paid by fans; instead artists will be paid directly via Square . PledgeMusic considered itself

693-413: The company's co-founder, stated in a blog post dated May 8 that efforts to sell the company had failed and that "PledgeMusic will shortly be heading into administration". Rogers said that the crowdfunding platform had used money that was pledged for use by musical artists to pay off the company's debts instead. Many artists who were pledged money through the website will most likely not receive the money that

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726-404: The official UK albums chart. The success of the crowdfunding project for the 555% / 100% album inspired Ginger to continue this model. Over the course of 2012 and 2013 he released one album with Hey! Hello! , two with Mutation, and the solo album Albion , all of which were also funded by contributions via Pledgemusic. In 2014 Ginger briefly broke away from the crowdfunding model and set up

759-427: The publicly-released single CD would be titled 100% . The 555% funding goal was reached three days later. Despite PledgeMusic's policy of not revealing funding amounts, Ginger announced that the campaign for the 555% / 100% album generated over a quarter of a million dollars. The 100% physical CD release reached number 9 in the midweek UK album chart and sold out its print run, ultimately charting at number 27 on

792-677: The service and is based in offices in both London and Manchester. The new debt relief orders which came into force on 6 April 2009 under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 are not dealt with by official receivers' offices but at the service's Plymouth office. In April 2003, the Redundancy Payments Service transferred to the Insolvency Service. This enabled a joined-up approach to company failure and any consequential redundancies to be had and this

825-563: The site to raise money: PledgeMusic was nominated for: PledgeMusic was noted as one of Billboard's "Five digital startups to watch in 2013". PledgeMusic won the Grammy Music Technology Lab in 2013. Co-founders Benji Rogers and Malcolm Dunbar were named to The Hospital Club 100 list in 2013 in the category of Music. Benji Rogers, founder and ex-president of PledgeMusic, won A&R Worldwide's International Music Industry Awards' Distinguished Digital Executive of

858-798: The vocalist for The Scorchers in place of his hero Jason Ringenberg , billed as "Ginger and The Scorchers" on a few dates in the UK. Ginger's third solo album, Market Harbour , was released in 2008. In March 2009 Ginger began writing a regular online column for Classic Rock magazine titled "Ginger's Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll", in which he discusses lesser-known albums. In May 2009 Ginger embarked on his first purely solo tour in which no Wildhearts songs were performed. The tour received rave reviews, including one from writer Steve Beebee in Kerrang! magazine. Ginger created an internet TV channel called "Great White Monkey TV" featuring tour footage and backstage video from every show on this tour. Ginger

891-610: Was a member of the English band The Quireboys from 1987 until 1989. After being sacked from The Quireboys, he was briefly in the New York band The Throbs , before going on to form The Wildhearts . He has led several incarnations of The Wildhearts since 1989. In addition to leading The Wildhearts and maintaining a solo career under his own name, Ginger has participated in numerous side projects and collaborations: In early 2001, during The Wildhearts' first disbandment, Ginger proposed

924-406: Was awarded the 2012 Classic Rock Awards 'Event Of The Year' award for his PledgeMusic campaign. By 2013, roughly thirty artists that used the site had subsequently signed label recording contracts. In 2014, PledgeMusic reported a 90% campaign success rate (higher than Kickstarter or Indiegogo), with most artists raising an average 140% of their goal. PledgeMusic and Lynda.com teamed up to produce

957-406: Was granted on August 19. PledgeMusic went bankrupt before John Zorn and hundreds of other artists were paid money owed via campaign pledges. In November 2019, Failure frontman Ken Andrews alleged PledgeMusic owed them $ 75,000 from their 2018 album campaign. Andrews further claimed that former CEO Dominic Pandiscia changed the company's policy of ring-fencing artists' money in 2016. Pandiscia denied

990-606: Was promised to them. John Zorn is among the artists affected, who is owed $ 197,559, money which was pledged to help him finish his 25-year-long project, The Book Beriah. On 9 May, Kevin Brennan Labour MP raised the question of musician and consumer protection in light of PledgeMusic's collapse, in Parliament. By June 5, a number of trade bodies in the United Kingdom, including UK Music , had launched

1023-608: Was released in 2005 as the double album A Break in the Weather . Ginger also performed regular acoustic shows during this period, resulting in the live acoustic albums The Great White Monkey (2004) and Potatoes & You (2005). Ginger released the solo albums Valor Del Corazon in 2006 and Yoni in 2007. The latter was described by critics as the most calm and eclectic record Ginger had made to date. The album featured guest appearances by Bernie Torme and Toadies singer Vaden Todd Lewis . In mid-2007, Ginger guested as

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1056-406: Was returning to the company as "a volunteer strategic advisor and observer to the board." While the company was still working to "sort the back payments issue", Rogers claimed that "all funds coming into the company from now on will be managed by an independent third party (to be named soon)." In February 2019, a company charge was placed on PledgeMusic by Sword, Rowe & Company LLC. On May 3,

1089-726: Was the penultimate act at the Kerrang! -sponsored Camden Rocks festival at the Underworld in London on 6 June 2009. Ginger's performance was considered by Kerrang! Magazine to be the highlight of the day and received a review of 5 out of 5. Also in 2009, Ginger formed the supergroup Camp Freddy for a one-off show in Las Vegas with special guests including Corey Taylor , Duff McKagan , Matt Sorum , Billy Morrison , Chris Chaney , Dave Navarro , Steve Jones , John 5 , and Ozzy Osbourne . On 10 October 2010, Ginger released 10 ,

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