Palmer, Folds, Kulash, Gaiman Album:5,319 Downloads, $21,403 to Benefit Berklee Program for Underserved Teens

A week since its release, "Nighty Night" -- the six-song album Amanda Palmer, 

Ben Folds, OK Go's Damian Kulash, and author Neil Gaiman wrote and recorded in

12 hours, and released the next day at Berklee College of Music's Rethink Music

conference -- has seen 5,319 downloads and generated $21,403 to benefit the

Berklee City Music program, which provides free music education to underserved teens.

The historic collaboration was designed to reflect Rethink's focus on new business

models and the immediacy of today's music industry. With thousands of people

watching online -- the entire recording project was streamed on the internet in real

time -- the artists frequently asked their fans, via Twitter, for feedback and

ideas.

The album is available on Bandcamp: http://music.amandapalmer.net/album/nighty-night.