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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?
Then compose music that's more cost effective that doesn't need all that stuff.
Boo Hoo nobody is giving me money so I can play with a 200 piece orchestra.
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Exactly. Piracy is too often used as a scapegoat for falling short in the music industry. Musicians can't expect funding or incentive for their art simply because it is genuine, passionate, and required massive effort and risk to produce. You can spend years of grueling passionate labor designing and producing anything you want, but you can't expect a return on your investment unless you know it will sell. Like any business, if you want to break even you need to cater to the consumer. You can't expect somebody to fund your passion just because you're passionate about it and strongly believe that it will enrich the artistic and culturual qualities of the hive mind.
If you're going to indulge in a style of music or performance that is no longer in wide demand, know what you're getting yourself into, anticipate financial failure, and either accept it or adapt.
EDIT: I'm glad that you are putting faith in crowdfunding as an option, that certainly is a reasonable modern approach to funding music production, it has worked for many. Just understand that classical orchestral / ensemble music is extremely obscure and probably the hardest corner of the modern music industry to achieve financial success in.