Nice thought, but what about those programmers who have to distribute their software via the internet? Should that be free, because they're not a large enough market to distribute in stores?
Nothing can be built without foundations. Sound leads to rhythm, rhythm leads to tribal chants, to primitive music, to songs to classical music and so on...
magic_monkey is hilarious. His vehement trolling of Amanda's blog/this/anything he can serves no real purpose, save for expressing his own angst. There's also the irony aspect of someone so desperate to be noticed calling someone else an 'attention whore'
It's not a sustainable business model, but it's certainly a noteworthy phenomenon. It's not going to cause a massive leap in artists making money directly from fans, because it's simply not viable for the majority of them.
But there are a certain few artists who are real enough as people, who have a devoted enough following and yet are unknown enough not to have managed to make great money from the music industry anyway that could take an idea like this and manage to support themselves- at least for a while- with it, maybe as a 1 or 2 shot boost.
And good on any that do it- if they manage it it's because they have a good enough relationship with their fans, and the fans appreciate it enough to pay good money for a unique/collectable item, or purely to support an artist they love.
I'm a huge Porcupine Tree fan, but could I see myself buying a book that Steven Wilson had read and signed on a webcast? No.
However Amanda Palmer is obviously someone who manages that connection- via Twitter, via webcasts and via the time she takes after her shows meeting and greeting fans.
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Nice thought, but what about those programmers who have to distribute their software via the internet? Should that be free, because they're not a large enough market to distribute in stores?
Same with musicians and iTunes.
Nothing can be built without foundations. Sound leads to rhythm, rhythm leads to tribal chants, to primitive music, to songs to classical music and so on...
Nothing is truly original since the creation.
Yep
That's the same ol' attention deprived magic_monkey.
O YA THEY'RE ON TOUR A LOT SO DEY IS WORTH BAZILLIONS!!!111
I'm sure you have lots and lots of important things to do. Stop paying so much attention to someone you dislike and do them.
magic_monkey is hilarious. His vehement trolling of Amanda's blog/this/anything he can serves no real purpose, save for expressing his own angst. There's also the irony aspect of someone so desperate to be noticed calling someone else an 'attention whore'
Ah well.
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It's not a sustainable business model, but it's certainly a noteworthy phenomenon. It's not going to cause a massive leap in artists making money directly from fans, because it's simply not viable for the majority of them.
But there are a certain few artists who are real enough as people, who have a devoted enough following and yet are unknown enough not to have managed to make great money from the music industry anyway that could take an idea like this and manage to support themselves- at least for a while- with it, maybe as a 1 or 2 shot boost.
And good on any that do it- if they manage it it's because they have a good enough relationship with their fans, and the fans appreciate it enough to pay good money for a unique/collectable item, or purely to support an artist they love.
I'm a huge Porcupine Tree fan, but could I see myself buying a book that Steven Wilson had read and signed on a webcast? No.
However Amanda Palmer is obviously someone who manages that connection- via Twitter, via webcasts and via the time she takes after her shows meeting and greeting fans.