What is different about what a musician does that makes it worth more money than what a 3rd grade teacher does? Or a plumber? Or what I do?
Musicians at at the mercy of supply and demand like any other commodity. For a few years record companies were able to control the supply and the price/pay of popular artists went up. Technology has taken that control away and the price has fallen to nearly zero, especially for popular artists, simply because they are popular and their stuff is all over file sharing networks. On the other hand, unknown musicians can now sell some of their stuff because they don't need a record company to distribute it, and their relative obscurity makes obtaining their work via file sharing harder to do. So maybe the model now is for unknown artists to launch their careers by selling some CDs and doing live performances, and when they become popular, give away their music to promote concert ticket sales. And tee shirts. And coffee mugs. And ring tones. And their acting careers. And their fashion businesses. TD -- tyler_durden ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41571 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
