Quote:
Originally Posted by Lifeolga
Thank you so far for all your comments - I know that the topic is not easy at all, but it is why we try to discuss it.
You ask the question if the money should come for doing nothing. The reality is the opposite - composer does a lot (months and months of work for writing the music, especially if there are lots of instruments/voices, finding the concert hall, publishing his own scores, lots of rehearsals with musicians, etc...) and then many people expect that after all of this work it is the composer who should pay for everything - to rent the hall, to pay each musician 500 euros minimum, to pay all musician's transportation, lodging, to give technical equipment, to pay for work of technicians, all kinds of things.
So, we don't speak about "0" budget with sleeping in the camping tent. We say that in order to have a possibility for the music to be composed and to be played even one time, it costs lots of money even in the case if composer doesn't ask to be payed himself. So, should we say that this is impossible at the beginning or there should be solutions for it? (crowdfunding is one of the solutions).
|
When did I say that? When did
anyone say that "money should come from doing nothing"? I know you're all idealistic about music, but in reality being a musician is either a passion you sustain yourself, or a job that is sustained by others. No amount of "manifestos" will change that. You keep talking like it's next to impossible for musicians to find an audience because of a lack of money. I disagree. It's cheaper than ever to make music. Hell, you can buy a $50 microphone/voice recorder and use generic mixing software to make music that used to take thousands of dollars to create and fine-tune. Not only that, but there are literally
thousands of websites dedicated to hooking up musicians from literally any genre to eager listeners.
Yeah, like I said before, "times are tough", but that only applies for bands trying to hit the top of the charts, which is closely controlled by Record Companies, and for people whose sole flow of income comes from playing music, which as any musician will tell you is really not a wise thing to do until you have a fanbase. Indie bands are flourishing, and are able to make great music on their own, without being indentured slaves to the Record Labels. In short, things aren't "better" or "worse" than they used to be. They are simply different, and honestly, they are different in
your favor.
Now stop whining and start building a fanbase. Or did you expect people to just pay you for the sake of being "artists"?