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Yahoo, if I wanted all that crap - I'd go back to the mall.
What I think is not addressed nearly enough, is... why the hell we think these musicians deserve so much money?
Writing music is really not hard. You know what's a lot more difficult than writing a 3 and a half minute single? Working at a fast-food resteraunt, chopping wood, picking berries, writing a human resources presentation... etc.
Why do we think these musicians DESERVE all this money? I don't think even the greatest musicans should make more than a living wage off of the sale of recorded music.
I'm entertained for about 4 minutes by a britney spears song - and I'm entertained for about 4 minutes by a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger. Why should I value one so much more than other?
How the hell did we all become convinced that music is so valuable? There's an infinite supply!! The number of great songs out there that you've never heard and will never hear -- would boggle your mind.
I've wrote, mixed, and mastered over a hundred songs. On the few occasions I've been paid; it's been a lot less than I ever earned working convenience stores, customer service, etc.
And as you can tell, I'm not that smart, I'm sure not special, I'm just another moron who spent the time to learn to write music. It's not hard, you could do it to, and then would you deserve millions? I HIGHLY FUKING DOUBT IT
The system HAS changed, you're asking for it to be REVERSED.
The countless hours of work that go into a song today, are not a bad thing.
Artists spend countless hours on a painting, just because they don't do it on a stage doesn't mean it's less beautiful.
Playing in front of people is not art - it's performance. If you want performers, fine, ask for them - but don't stifle ARTISTS just because you can't tell the difference.
I play with and polish my music until it fits my artistic vision, has nothing to do with YOU or who thinks it'll be a number-one single.
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Sort topics 100% by relevence, and take out all the cruft that is anything but search results. Yahoo, if I wanted all that crap - I'd go back to the mall.
What I think is not addressed nearly enough, is ... why the hell we think these musicians deserve so much money?
Writing music is really not hard. You know what's a lot more difficult than writing a 3 and a half minute single? Working at a fast-food resteraunt, chopping wood, picking berries, writing a human resources presentation... etc.
Why do we think these musicians DESERVE all this money? I don't think even the greatest musicans should make more than a living wage off of the sale of recorded music.
I'm entertained for about 4 minutes by a britney spears song - and I'm entertained for about 4 minutes by a Junior Bacon Cheeseburger. Why should I value one so much more than other?
How the hell did we all become convinced that music is so valuable? There's an infinite supply!! The number of great songs out there that you've never heard and will never hear -- would boggle your mind.
I've wrote, mixed, and mastered over a hundred songs. On the few occasions I've been paid; it's been a lot less than I ever earned working convenience stores, customer service, etc.
And as you can tell, I'm not that smart, I'm sure not special, I'm just another moron who spent the time to learn to write music. It's not hard, you could do it to, and then would you deserve millions? I HIGHLY FUKING DOUBT IT
The system HAS changed, you're asking for it to be REVERSED.
The countless hours of work that go into a song today, are not a bad thing.
Artists spend countless hours on a painting, just because they don't do it on a stage doesn't mean it's less beautiful.
Playing in front of people is not art - it's performance. If you want performers, fine, ask for them - but don't stifle ARTISTS just because you can't tell the difference.
I play with and polish my music until it fits my artistic vision, has nothing to do with YOU or who thinks it'll be a number-one single.