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maegul

Death of the Middle Class Musician

Interesting reflection by two older musicians (Beato and Tim Pierce) about how the music industry used to have a "middle class" that's been pushed out now by an industry that focuses more and more on profits.

They don't really go into the details of how the changes happened, with big-corp being the elephant in the room ... but their observations, which include tech, paint a pretty clear picture.

youtube.com/watch?v=mLGkU_r-g2

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YouTubeThe Death of the Middle Class Musician (feat. TIm Pierce)By Rick Beato
Jan 25, 2024, 03:00 AM·Public·Web
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maegul

@workreform

Great line in there from Tim about how everyone is now viewed as an Uber driver and how its hard to justify being paid more than one.

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mozz

@maegul

R Crumb wrote an excellent little piece about this

R Crumb comic cover: "Where Has It Gone, All the Beautiful Music of Our Grandparents?"
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Dagwood222

I remember a piece Harlan Ellison wrote back in the 1970s. He was working on television shows, and said that if he could save $1,000.00 he could live for six months and just write the stuff he really wanted to do.

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