Re: Why Amanda Palmer is Not Afraid to Take Your Money

[Art Simon <simart@gmail.com>]

Very, very good post.

I've been struggling with the issue, since as a consumer of music I find I'm purchasing a lot less music these days. For instance, I've been enjoying Pandora, and I don't really play albums of a specific artist like I used to. I like being surprised, and I've discovered a lot of music I like. Maybe my favorite Pandora discovery is an English jazz-funk band called "Down to the Bone." 

I figured I ought to buy something since I liked them so much, so I ordered a t shirt, and I ended up having a nice email exchange with the front man Stuart Wade.

Had he asked me for a donation, I would have happily provided one.

I used to easily drop a couple hundred dollars a month on cds, and yet right now I couldn't honestly tell you the last cd I bought. I'll try to buy shirts and stuff, but I have no problem with donations. Makes a lot of sense to me. I don't mind being a patron of the arts.

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM, <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:

Jeff Duke passed this bog on over at Facebook
and I thought it was really right on and inspirational.

The paradigms for making money in the music business are changing radically
and overnight.   Five years ago,  I was able to live off of my CD income
and the gigs it also got me,  but that time seems to have ended.  What's
next?

Amanda Palmer wrote this blog about making money on the internet
and the attitudes of people she encounters who don't appreciate her efforts
at staying financially stable as an artist.

http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/200582690/why-i-am-not-afraid-to-take-your-money-by-amanda

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