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Interessant bloggpost fra Amanda Palmer om fremtidens livsgrunnlag for artister: why i am not afraid to take your money. Utdrag:

and 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. i’ll lay it all out for you in another blog. it’s just math.

if you think i’m going to pass up a chance to put my hat back down in front of the collected audience on my virtual sidewalk and ask them to give their hard-earned money directly to me instead of to roadrunner records, warner music group, ticketmaster, and everyone else out there who’s been shamelessly raping both fan and artist for years, you’re crazy.

Vel verdt å lese hele innlegget! Og så kan man jo spørre seg: er det noen plass for bibliotekene i det scenarioet hun tegner opp? Er bibliotekene plateselskapenes forlengede arm, eller kan vi alliere oss med uavhengige artister på ett eller annet vis og bidra til at verden får mere spennende musikk og andre kunstformer i fremtiden?

(Se der, jeg klarte ikke å holde meg helt unna bibliotek her heller…)