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> Then there’s the inane “sell merchandise” “solution”, as if a musician is just some merchant, and if one thing (selling music) doesn’t work, he’ll just pivot
by Kalium 11y ago
> Then there’s the inane “sell merchandise” “solution”, as if a musician is just some merchant, and if one thing (selling music) doesn’t work, he’ll just pivot to selling some other stuff.
A musician is just some merchant. Pretending otherwise is not only foolish, but a recipe for pain.
- coldtea 11y agoYes, they are merchants of music. Whether they can make money selling tshirts with his band's logo is as relevant to their career as musicians as is whether they can make money selling cupcakes on the side.
- Kalium 11y agoNo, they are merchants of whatever it is they actually sell. If that's cupcakes, then it's cupcakes. They might be merchants of whatever in order to financially support music. That's what makes them musicians, not the particular set of wares they are selling.
- vacri 11y agoNah, they're not merchants. Merchants deal in goods. Live music is a service, just like legal advice or being a security guard. Recordings of music are goods, but the music itself is not.