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Mon 07 Jul 2007Music fans put their money where their mouth isMusic fans can now put their money where their mouth is thanks to an enterprising new website, www.sellaband.com, which allows anyone to make a financial investment in an up and coming band and share in the profits if they hit the big time, writes Brian Boyd.This reporter has just invested his life-savings (€30) on a Portuguese "lounge chill-out" band called Travellers (they're brilliant, please buy their record when it comes out). If nothing else it now allows me to jauntily describe myself a "Music Mogul".