An unsigned singer-songwriter has sold a lyric from one of his tracks for more than £11,000 on eBay in an internet first. Jonathan Haselden was desperate to get his music noticed, so decided to try selling lines from his track Roller-Coaster on the internet auction site.
But when the 25-year-old posted the auction for the lyric: "And when you're lost, you'll always be found" for a starting price of 6p, it sparked a frenzied bidding war. The mystery buyer who paid £11,100 is believed to come from the United States.
Haselden, from Wimbledon, said: "I am over the moon. I never thought this was going to happen and this is just great. It gives me more chance of getting a record deal and puts me and my music out there."
He came up with the sponsorship idea after various attempts to get a music deals and trying to make money with a sales job.
He said: "The aim was to take a song that I have written and sell lines of lyrics to various well-known people and companies for a nominal fee to raise enough capital to promote me and my music."
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where did you first hear about this?
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