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Re:Justice at Spotify by frabjoused on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @12:00PM (#26478563)
Why don't you become a musician and try to make it before laying it out like this? They hardly have another choice. Do you immediately assume 95% of artists are entrepreneurial fools?
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Re:Justice at Spotify by cwkoss on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @04:11PM (#26482185)
There are lots of musicians who aren't producing a living-wage's worth of value to listeners.

They do have a choice: they can get a better paying job if they don't like the amount they can earn from music. Society should not be responsible for funding someone's passion when there isn't demand.

And yes, the expectation that you can earn a good living just by being a recording artist is foolish. The vast majority of musicians throughout history have been unable to do so.

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Re:Justice at Spotify by RHSman2 on Thursday March 18, 2021 @03:28AM (#26500346)
You sound like my Dad (who was right).

Get a better paying job is very easy in this business. The lowest of the low would be better paying.

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