People love to complain about nothing, eh? Think about what the distribution landscape for musicians used to be like in the past. You can literally put up you

People love to complain about nothing, eh? Think about what the distribution landscape for musicians used to be like in the past. You can literally put up your entire music catalog at almost no effort and and generate enough popularity to support your act through live plays. Live shows have always been the main source of revenue for artists. People saying that the situation for artists is bleak have no idea of what they're talking about. It has never in history been easier to start a music act and get followers from all around the world. It has never been easier to concentrate fans of every possible little genre into their own communities. What most people don't realize is that the live act scene has exploded all over the world. There a literally thousands of live music festivals going on every summer that just weren't there 20 years ago. Modern festival culture is fueled by streaming media, Soundcloud, BandCamp and Youtube. I follow scenes where an artist's greatest hit gets 20k plays on YouTube and 500 physical vinyl copies. That's literally enough to make a living and tour around a little on your free weekends. How possible do you think that was before Youtube?