Amanda Palmer is an American singer, songwriter, and performance artist, best known as lead vocalist and pianist of punk cabaret duo the Dresden Dolls. She launched a successful solo career and became a crowdfunding pioneer, raising $1.19 million on Kickstarter in 2012—then the platform’s highest-funded music project.
Her 2013 TED talk “The Art of Asking” has over 20 million views and became a bestselling memoir (2014). She pioneered sustainable artist-fan relationships through Patreon and works on multiple projects including her podcast “The Art of Asking Everything.”Retry
