This company called musiclink.com has an innovative and ambitious vision - a step in the right direction:

"Musiclink provides a new method of payment which incorporates contributions and grants that pay for artists' projects. This allows emerging and established artists to enhance their careers and insures fairness and support for diverse expression. Access to live music; music education is funded for all communities.

Musiclink fills a void. The National Endowment of the Arts no longer supports individual artists. The "Go Fish" granting process does not have the efficiency to support the tens of thousands of working and recording artists, who deserve attention. The industry is not able to foster emerging artists or maintain established ones no longer on the charts. "