Ahoy John!
Thank you for your words and sharing your thoughts, we do understand the value and depthness of the process and the work it involves.
However, the motivation behind our suggested funding is to keep mutiDAO open and connected to as many artists as possible, allowing the empowerment of a collective of individuals and not just a few.
It is understandable that unfortunately it may not be enough to cover a project of this magnitude entirely, therefore we stablished guidelines to make the process easier and coherent along the way, both for muti and for the creators, when applying for funding through the DAO.
We do recommend reading through the guidelines before applying for funds through muti and understand better what is our mission 
Given that the cap is 1000USD per project, we are happy to find a way to fit the funding according to the project needs, but not exceeding that amount, because of the reasons previously stated.
On a side note, stating the DAO should do better because the DAO can’t fund your project entirely seems unrelated, given the time, support and dedication we invest on the growth of the community.
We do want to make things better and suggestions on how to enhance the collective experience are always welcomed.
Will discuss this with the muti council and we will keep you updated!