Amanda Palmer von den DRESDEN DOLLS spricht immer wieder mal gerne Klartext! Dieses Mal unter dem Blog-Titel "why i am not afraid to take your money, by amanda fucking palmer"...
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Artists need to make money to eat and to continue to make art. Artists used to rely on middlemen to collect their money on their behalf, thereby rendering themselves innocent of cash-handling in the public eye. You’ve surely noticed that artists ALL over the place are reaching out directly to their fans for money.
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For the last 10 years, i have been working my ass off in a different way: tirelessly making music, traveling the world, connecting with people, trying to keep my balance, almost never taking a break and, frankly, not making a fortune doing it. I still struggle to pay my rent sometimes. I’m still more or less in debt from my last record.[…]
it’s about empowerment and it’s about SIMPLICITY: fan loves art, artist needs money, fan gives artist money, artist says thank you. the critics are welcome to criticize."
Nehmt euch ein bisschen Zeit, schaltet den Philosophie-Knopf ein und lest hier den sehr interessanten Blog von Amanda Palmer (THE DRESDEN DOLLS) in voller Länge!
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