Trade shares in rock bands; it worked for Bowie

A lot of people have talked about selling shares in bands as a means to help finance promising musicians and a means to do away with record labels. In Great Britain, a company called Slicethepie.com is enabling fans to trade stock in music acts the way they would a publicly traded company.

The Web start-up has financed 13 bands and generated the equivalent of nearly $80,000 for its 40,000 "scouts," according to a story from Reuters.