Does anyone out there make a living as a musician in 2024?
- KVRAF
- 10839 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
I've always wanted to call myself 'Various Artists', so I'd always be on a chart somewhere.
- KVRAF
- 15211 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
Frank knew my grandmother and her sisters (who always got sent tickets whenever he was in the NY/NJ area) but I was too far removed for him to be aware of.
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- KVRian
- 1035 posts since 26 Jun, 2008 from Czech Republic
I think the right answer is "Yes and no, depends.". There's huge surviorship bias. Whoever is making living in music will always tell you that with enough effort you can do it. But the only way we keep believe in this is because we don't have the bumbers. And I'm willing to bet they are quite pesimistic in that regard.
On the other hand, there are two silver linings there:
1) Nobody will make living in entertainment anyway once AI starts to rub every rabbit exactly where they like it.
2) I often hear from people who pushed through and made it their job that the passion lost it's shine a little bit. It becomes chore. A lot of people start to have demands on how the music should sound like. On that note, I'm seriously considering making a radio station that would play only music from people wih dayjobs. Because that's how you stay free when it comes to art.
On the other hand, there are two silver linings there:
1) Nobody will make living in entertainment anyway once AI starts to rub every rabbit exactly where they like it.
2) I often hear from people who pushed through and made it their job that the passion lost it's shine a little bit. It becomes chore. A lot of people start to have demands on how the music should sound like. On that note, I'm seriously considering making a radio station that would play only music from people wih dayjobs. Because that's how you stay free when it comes to art.
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- KVRian
- 696 posts since 29 Sep, 2012 from Minnesota
My mom was a commercial artist and she always told me: "don't get into art, talent is cheap". I listened and tried to become an engineer.