[on fan-funded music] I couldn't pursue my music, touring or recording without it. As far as I'm aware,
Marillion was the first band to announce such a project. But as far as I know I was the second, and probably the first solo artist. That was a good six years before Kickstarter and Indiegogo launched. I was an early adopter of the internet and it was by virtue of being able to reconnect gradually over the years with my audience that I'm able to do what I do.
