Our mission
Born from frustration. Built with purpose.
Campfire took shape in a Music Industry Seminar at Georgetown University, taught by a musicologist and a music policy advocate: Anna Celenza, a Georgetown and Johns Hopkins author-professor, and Michael Bracy of Music Policy Forum. That class is where Campfire was first born as a final project. A group of student musicians, advocates, and technologists looked at a streaming economy that rewards major labels while independent artists struggle to survive. Our mission: lower the technological, financial, and educational barriers between musicians and a sustainable career.
Joined by students from Amherst, Grinnell, Northeastern, and Boston University, we incorporated as a Minnesota 501(c)(3) and have logged over 10,000 volunteer hours building a platform structured to pay artists fairly. The app is built and in active testing, and we're now raising the funds to launch publicly and bring on our first paid staff.
