Ricardo Musica is now looking for £50,000 (around $60,000) to fund creation, production and delivery of the pilot stage and its products. The pilot stage is described here. Pilot stage expenses are listed below on this page.

I don't mind the pilot stage being funded by:-

• early investors. I reject the nonsense of 'pitch' and 'deck'. I seek calm sensible genuine investors who can sit still for five minutes, who understand what Ricardo Musica is about, and who want from the outset to be a continuing part of its musical, cultural, social, financial and business success. Know anyone? Email me: richard@RicardoMusica.com

• donors to the Ricardo Musica GoFundMe campaign, below

• sponsors and or advertisers, below.

To bring in that £50,000 (around $60,000), Ricardo Musica is now soliciting donations through its GoFundMe campaign. £500 is Bronze Club; £1,000 is Silver Club; any donation over that, you'll practically own the project. Email me for details: richard@RicardoMusica.com

All donations gratefully received. Before and or after you donate, feel free to email me to discuss. I'll tell you by email and or zoom call exactly how we're getting on, and I'll personally keep you informed of progress.

I intend to spend the £50,000 (around $60,000) prudently as follows:-

• acquiring a baby grand piano sturdy enough for long-distance travel

• travel expenses to and from four sensible accessible unusual pilot gig venues (not too remote at this stage). Includes vehicle rental, fuel and maintenance; food; lodging, etc.

• on-site services and materials such as videography, sound, sound recording, lighting, piano tuning and maintenance, local assistance

• off-site services such as publicity, marketing, networking; professional attempts at pre-selling to TV stations and approaches to advertisers and sponsors; editing, post-production, delivery of the finished product to our YouTube channel

• my own personal living expenses. I do not at this stage of the enterprise take any fee or salary of any kind.

I shall seek out things, products, services etc. for free or close to. I shall try to get sponsors and advertisers (above). Where possible I will not spend at all, and save instead.

Promote your business at the present Ricardo Musica pilot stage:-

• on this all-devices-responsive website as it develops

• on this site's forthcoming Ricardo Musica Club webpages

• at our live recorded pilot events: lots of opportunities including stand-alone displays, logos on the piano, product placement, etc.

• elsewhere in our recorded pilot products: space on the credits and other footage of our TV episodes and full-performance YouTube videos.

Contact me to discuss: richard@RicardoMusica.com