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On a good day, I couldn’t tell who was giving what to whom.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Given the opportunity, some small consistent portion of the population will happily pay for art.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
but I was obsessive about maintaining an email-based newsletter for the band and for the house parties. I could send out an email to fifty Boston friends, they would spread the word, and two weeks later, hundreds
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
In my head, the critics and the crowd were one and the same.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Like most stage performers, I’ve always been most passionate about the final phase: the sharing.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Tell us, Amanda, can you explain this relationship you have with your fans?
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I learned to stop worrying and let people help
Asking is, at its core, a collaboration.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Within twenty-four hours, he’d made his goal of $10,000 from what looked like a tight-knit community of forty or fifty friends and family.