TIL that a band, Vulfpeck, raised 20,000$ for a tour by streaming an album called "Sleepify" on Spotify. The album consisted of 10 tracks of nothing, for a total of 5 minutes of silence. Fans were urged to play this when they went to bed, and after 5.5 million streams the album was taken down.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2014/07/28/how-a-band-made-20000-on-spotify-from-5-minutes-of-silence/



Submitted April 14, 2015 at 04:25AM by whymauri http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/32hwz0/til_that_a_band_vulfpeck_raised_20000_for_a_tour/