Who is he?

If you’ve beaten the first Portal game, or seen the short-lived G4 show Code Monkeys and heard their opening theme song, then you’ve probably heard a few of his bigger songs.  Coulton gets the honor of being our first featured band because he was one of the first to embrace Creative Commons, and prove that a musician does not need to be signed by a label to make it in the music business.

Why he’s featured

Coulton quit his day job and took the risk to pursue music on his own.  From September ’05 to September ’06, he made a name for himself by starting his “Thing a Week” podcast series, where he wrote and recorded a new song every week for a year.  In the process, he ended up catching the ears of major music bloggers, building quite a rabid fanbase, and by releasing his music under the Creative Commons License, became one of the first musicians to openly encourage his fanbase to be as creative as possible with his music.  Spurring everything from fan made music videos to remixes.

What his music sounds like

They Might Be Giants, Barenaked Ladies, clever acoustic rock that makes the inner nerd in you dance like the wallflower they really are

Fun Fact!

Coulton made $500,000 last year through his various music ventures by cutting out the middle man, music labels, and working his tail off catering to his fans and getting his music out to the masses

How can you support him?