Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs and Classical Music
Three hypotheses to answer "Where's Today's Beethoven?"
Holden Karnofsky • Where's Today's Beethoven?
The money flowing to recording artists dropped 65% in 15 years between 1999 and 2014 because digital music technology disrupted the mechanism the recording labels had for collecting money from consumers. With streaming technologies on the rise, and now NFTs, the tide has turned in the last 7 years. Same skills. Same inherent joy for the music maker... See more
James Currier • The Economics of Creativity: Who Gets Paid and Why
There are more musicians making more music being heard by more people and earning more money than ever before.
Seth Godin • The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
The essential challenge for today’s musician is to create a meaningful life’s work and a livable income in a highly competitive, evolving marketplace.