Pearl Jam limited edition chrome Pono Player

Greatplainsman...

They didn't say perfect. What he says makes total sense. Once a company has you, they generally try to cut costs to increase profit. Perfectly logical and Capitalistic.

JV130312

624% of goal. It's nothing but a money grab at this point...

demetrios

Close to 5 million with 17 day's left.

demetrios

Project Update #13: Founder's Message
Posted by the PonoMusic Team Black heart (cards) Like

Here we are at the halfway point. My experience here at Kickstarter has been life changing. After banging my head against the walls of venture capitalism for almost three years, dealing with business experts who didn’t understand what we were trying to accomplish; rescue the art of recorded sound and make great music available into the future, I found you people. You are the ones who understand what this is. You have proven it with your amazing support.

When we blew through our goal and actually doubled it on the first day, you changed my life. I will never forget that. This is just the beginning of a long road towards our goal of rescuing the music, all of it, from Cab Calloway to Sinatra, the Beatles and Rolling Stones, to Nirvana and Patti Smith, to Jay Z and Rihanna, and beyond. All of this music is the world’s history, the cultural creations of artists since the beginning of recorded sound. Now it can be preserved, if we do our job right, for future generations to hear and feel, not just recognize.

We are working now with Rap and R&B music sources as well as Country Music and Classical, in an effort to show you how great all music can and will sound with PONO.

Thanks for your help. We are very grateful for it. Obviously we can’t do this without you.

Neil Young

Pono

october22

One Foo is available now...

october22

JV130312 said:

624% of goal. It's nothing but a money grab at this point...

How so? We're buying the player, not making donations.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Bought the Foos.

But thinking about DMB still.

Nice to be 'in'. Now just need to figure out which 'artist version' I ultimately want given you can change your selection. Tough call.

EdsonNascimento

So venture capitalists who make money with their money as a livelihood think this isn't a wise investment yet we've just handed a very rich man millions of our dollars when he obviously wouldn't simply out his own millions into it. One has to ask why? Now maybe venture capitalists are wrong as they sometimes are. But why wouldn't Neil and friends simply put some of their own millions into it and not even worry about kickstarter? Eddie, Dave, Dave, Neil, Portugal, et al couldn't garner up $5 mill amongst themselves if they believed in this so much? Too risky? Ha ha ha. This whole thing is a joke. Too funny.

PJ_Soul

EdsonNascimento said:

So venture capitalists who make money with their money as a livelihood think this isn't a wise investment yet we've just handed a very rich man millions of our dollars when he obviously wouldn't simply out his own millions into it. One has to ask why? Now maybe venture capitalists are wrong as they sometimes are. But why wouldn't Neil and friends simply put some of their own millions into it and not even worry about kickstarter? Eddie, Dave, Dave, Neil, Portugal, et al couldn't garner up $5 mill amongst themselves if they believed in this so much? Too risky? Ha ha ha. This whole thing is a joke. Too funny.

If they'd just dumped their own money into it instead hardly any of us would have even heard about it by now. Why wouldn't they launch a very effective marketing campaign that also brings millions into the business AND demostrates to future players and investors that there is a market AND makes customers feel like they are somehow involved in growing a new music platform? Seems pretty brilliant to me!

Greatplainsman...

You know what assuming does... You're the joke pardner.

EdsonNascimento said:

So venture capitalists who make money with their money as a livelihood think this isn't a wise investment yet we've just handed a very rich man millions of our dollars when he obviously wouldn't simply out his own millions into it. One has to ask why? Now maybe venture capitalists are wrong as they sometimes are. But why wouldn't Neil and friends simply put some of their own millions into it and not even worry about kickstarter? Eddie, Dave, Dave, Neil, Portugal, et al couldn't garner up $5 mill amongst themselves if they believed in this so much? Too risky? Ha ha ha. This whole thing is a joke. Too funny.

october22

EdsonNascimento said:

So venture capitalists who make money with their money as a livelihood think this isn't a wise investment yet we've just handed a very rich man millions of our dollars when he obviously wouldn't simply out his own millions into it. One has to ask why? Now maybe venture capitalists are wrong as they sometimes are. But why wouldn't Neil and friends simply put some of their own millions into it and not even worry about kickstarter? Eddie, Dave, Dave, Neil, Portugal, et al couldn't garner up $5 mill amongst themselves if they believed in this so much? Too risky? Ha ha ha. This whole thing is a joke. Too funny.

How about because that's not how business works? The very wealthy use investors all the time and it doesn't take away from the integrity of a project to do so. Maybe you should read your own signature again.

Also, do you have any idea how much of his own money he's already put into this? None of us do exactly but it definitely costs a hell of a lot to develop and produce the prototypes he already has.

october22

Another thing you're missing is that this is much more of a pre-sale than a search for investors. We're actually buying the product!

october22

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Bought the Foos.

But thinking about DMB still.

Nice to be 'in'. Now just need to figure out which 'artist version' I ultimately want given you can change your selection. Tough call.

Was that off my tip, by the way? If so...you're welcome

JB128716

We also have a new lowest seller. Someone called Portugal the Man has sold 1 Pono. That's some Wu Tang limited edition numbers right there.

october22

JB128716 said:

We also have a new lowest seller. Someone called Portugal the Man has sold 1 Pono. That's some Wu Tang limited edition numbers right there.

Haha, I'd actually love to hear that Wu album.

demetrios

Red Hot Chili Peppers ..


Foo Fighters ..

demetrios

New updated Pearl Jam Pono Player ..

EdsonNascimento

PJ_Soul said:

EdsonNascimento said:

So venture capitalists who make money with their money as a livelihood think this isn't a wise investment yet we've just handed a very rich man millions of our dollars when he obviously wouldn't simply out his own millions into it. One has to ask why? Now maybe venture capitalists are wrong as they sometimes are. But why wouldn't Neil and friends simply put some of their own millions into it and not even worry about kickstarter? Eddie, Dave, Dave, Neil, Portugal, et al couldn't garner up $5 mill amongst themselves if they believed in this so much? Too risky? Ha ha ha. This whole thing is a joke. Too funny.

If they'd just dumped their own money into it instead hardly any of us would have even heard about it by now. Why wouldn't they launch a very effective marketing campaign that also brings millions into the business AND demostrates to future players and investors that there is a market AND makes customers feel like they are somehow involved in growing a new music platform? Seems pretty brilliant to me!

400 insane collector pearl jam fans, 400 old fart csn&y (of which I am one but didn't buy) fans and 1 Portugal fans does not a market make.

EdsonNascimento

What would you guys say if you found out each band/artist got a direct cut of each one they sell?

I assume not but just wondering (though they probably are getting an indirect cut by getting shares for their use of image).

MayDay10

that Foo Fighters one doesnt look good. That doesnt even look like their autographs. Is Taylor hawkins on there?