The funding of creative arts

The wonderful and brave new world of the internet strikes again!  Just as it did for music production, it is doing for the production of all the creative arts: turning the stale old production strategies upside down, shaking them briskly and forcing them to change their ways or die.
A young musical artist recently raised over one million dollars on the web site called kickstarter.com for a single project and in less than two months; not from corporations or musty old production and recording studios, but from people like me and you, who appreciate a fresh, unfettered vision.
For all creative artists who had dispaired because they were forced to give up most of their creative power and vision in order to get their work produced, this is more than a breath of fresh air, it is a cry of freedom.