Re:To Apple, Love Taylor
by Cthulhu_ on Sunday June 21, 2015 @06:48PM
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> The number of ways to sustain yourself has significant increased in recent times
But so has the offer; anyone with a computer can create and publish music nowadays, which is both good and bad; good for the creative industry, bad for income for said creative industry because only a small percentage will ever see money. Same with the webcomics you noted; all you need is a computer with the worst drawing software to recreate something like XKCD. Everyone can do what they want / enjoy, but only a very, very small percentage of those will be able to sustain themselves off it - especially, or mostly, in the creative industry.
Re:To Apple, Love Taylor
by greggman on Sunday June 21, 2015 @07:48PM
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Do you have any evidence that there are less artists that can make a living in the current environment vs the old one? Is it possible there are more artists making a living in the current environment ?
But so has the offer; anyone with a computer can create and publish music nowadays, which is both good and bad; good for the creative industry, bad for income for said creative industry because only a small percentage will ever see money. Same with the webcomics you noted; all you need is a computer with the worst drawing software to recreate something like XKCD. Everyone can do what they want / enjoy, but only a very, very small percentage of those will be able to sustain themselves off it - especially, or mostly, in the creative industry.