My Major Company UK is a Fan-funded music label (a subset of Crowd-funding) launched in the United Kingdom in October 2010. My Major Company UK are a Crowd-funding label which branch from the French Record Label, MyMajorCompany, established in 2008. MMCUK is headed by C.E.O Paul-Rene Albertini

Paul-Rene Albertini

Paul-René Albertini graduated from the Institut Superieur de Gestion and started his career in music in 1982 as a concert promoter and independent record producer in Paris. From 1984 he served as Polygram France’s International Label Manager and then in 1986 became Marketing Director for Barclay...

. It has several key differences from fan funding platforms such as Pledgemusic

Pledgemusic

PledgeMusic is an online Direct-to-Fan / Fan-funded music platform utilising a Threshold Pledge System / Provision Point Mechanism, launched in August 2009, that facilitates musicians reaching out to their fan-base to financially contribute to upcoming recordings or other musical projects...

, Kickstarter

Kickstarter

Kickstarter is an online threshold pledge system for funding creative projects. Kickstarter has funded a diverse array of endeavors, ranging from indie film and music to journalism, solar energy technology and food-related projects.-Model:...

 and Sellaband

Sellaband

Sellaband is a music website that allows artists to raise the money from their fans and the SellaBand community in order to record a professional album. It was set up by Johan Vosmeijer , Pim Betist , and Dagmar Heijmans in August 2006. Its offices are located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, but it was...

 which are :

• Users are able to invest in artists for a return in album sales.

• MMC not only acts as a platform for money to be raised but also operates as a fully functioning record label headed by industry professionals.

• MyMajorCompany has its own A&R department responsible for finding and presenting the new acts in the UK to the public.

Timeline

• 21 October - My Major Company officially launch in the UK
• 25 October - Ivyrise collective investors raise £100,000, the amount required to become My Major Company’s first fully funded UK act.
• 26 December - Some Velvet Morning raise £100,000 and become My Major Company’s second fully funded UK act.

Artists

• Ivyrise
  Ivyrise
  Ivyrise is a British rock band from London, England, consisting of lead vocalist and pianist Ben Falinski, lead guitarist Dan Tanner, drummer Josh Thaxton-Key and bass guitarist Mark Nagle.- Background :...
  
   (funded in 4 days)
• Some Velvet Morninghttp://www.mymajorcompany.co.uk/Artists/somevelvetmorning/ (funded)
• Millers Daughterhttp://www.mymajorcompany.co.uk/Artists/millersdaughter/
• The Chainhttp://www.mymajorcompany.co.uk/Artists/thechain/
• Adam Parkerhttp://www.mymajorcompany.co.uk/Artists/adamparker/
• The Draytones
  The Draytones
  The Draytones are a Anglo-Argentine music group formed in London, England in 2006. The same year they signed a record deal with 1965 Records, an independent record label based in London.-History:...
  
  http://www.mymajorcompany.co.uk/Artists/thedraytones/
• Hearts Under Firehttp://www.mymajorcompany.co.uk/Artists/adamparker/
• Citadelshttp://www.mymajorcompany.co.uk/Artists/citadels/
• Setshttp://www.mymajorcompany.co.uk/Artists/sets/
• Clayhttp://www.mymajorcompany.co.uk/Artists/clay/
• Japayorkhttp://www.mymajorcompany.co.uk/Artists/japayork/