Lets face it, making a record can be costly. NYC act Garen and his project Kill The Alarm funded his new record through the help of fans by communicating with them through emailers and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. He rose $15,000 in 6 weeks.

Need to fund a record? Try Kickstarter

Lisa Scinta is building a youtube buzz by posting cover songs. Check it out here. Contact: jason@weareblackbox.com

Check out ‘A Way With Words‘ by Action Item. Think One Republic meets The Fray. Big myspace plays and upcoming tour with Between The Trees and Rookie Of The Year. Contact: danielrfriedman@mac.com

The auto-tune hit ‘Tik Tok’ sung by valley girl Kesha has moved her debut album, Animals, to 152,000 copies finally unseating Susan Boyle.

Susan Boyle sold another 93,000 copies moving 3.2 million copies less than two months.

Here is a live performance from Kesha….

Thoughts??

Check out the track Crazy by Stars Go Dim. Recently played alongside with teen sensation Justin Bieber in Tulsa, OK. The song “Crazy” is the Monster Radio 99.5 (Davao City, Philippines) ‘2009 Song of the Year’ ranked above Owl City, Black Eyed Peas, Plain White T’s, and Katy Perry. Contact: sgd@starsgodim.com

[Image Chris Daughtry w/ Stars Go Dim]