Patreon: A Fast-Growing Marketplace For Creators And Patrons Of The Arts

I first heard about Patreon through my friend Terra Naomi, a singer/songwriter who posted a series of videos to YouTube from her Hollywood apartment in 2006. One of them went viral, leading to a personal invitation by Al Gore to perform at the Live Earth music festival at Wembley Stadium, and deals with Universal Music Publishing and Island Records – making her one of the first musicians to use YouTube as a career launching pad. Flash-forward to 2014, her YouTube videos have been viewed 22 m...