HuDost Open Up with Billboard About Their Unresolved Issues with PledgeMusic
HuDost are among many independent artists struggling with fund disbursement from PledgeMusic. The band’s Jemal Wade spoke candidly with Billboard about it.
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“Folk rock duo HuDost, who first spoke with HypeBot last September about payment issues with the website, were able to obtain an initial payout from PledgeMusic — but they are stilled owed about $8,000. Recently, the band wrote PledgeMusic to inform the company they would soon release a digital version of their new album to pledgers, which should unlock a second installment of funds, and asked when that new money would be issued. Their client manager replied saying the company is doing its “best to ensure payments are released as they are requested,” but that with “the current backlog” of requests they could not “guarantee that payments will be released on time.” The band is now planning to release its album early in order to “get in queue,” as member Jemal Wade put it, to receive their earned payment.”
