Re: OT: compensation (WAS Re: Looping venue help)

["Travis Hartnett" <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

Maybe, maybe not.  There's plenty of artists who have that great debut album, which is distilled from five years of writing, while holding down a day job, and then they taper off once they "go pro".  Plus, I'd be spared the likes of Maroon 5...

Musicians like to think that being a musician is "special" and should be specially rewarded, and maybe music is special, but in the marketplace, it's a good or service like any other, and it's worth what other people are willing to pay.  And that's obviously not much, what with supply way outstripping demand.

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

Phillip,

That's right, but I think you're leaving out one important factor
here: None of these players, that love what they they are doing, will
ever become absolutely fantastic simply because they can't finance the
time needed for that to happen. That is my only argument, and the
reason I want to pay for music when it's good.