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As I stated in another comment, higher pay would be reserved for people recognized as practicing musicians by their peers. They could also earn money via perfor

As I stated in another comment, higher pay would be reserved for people recognized as practicing musicians by their peers. They could also earn money via performances like they do now, but they would be guaranteed a standard of living so long as they stayed current. For example, playing for free in a coffee shop, publishing videos on YouTube, producing sheet music, logging hours of practice etc would count towards currency. The idea being that society is richer for having cultivated talents and art regardless of whether a random person on the street is willing to pay for it. For your drawing, I guess it would depend on if you met the criteria of being "a practicing artist" by a rubric devised by artists. There might be lower or moderate levels on that scale that would e.g. cover supplies for talent development or initial forays into full-time practice.

smabie 6y ago
How do you get recognized by practicing musicians? Could I generate white noise and pay them a cut of my future government hand outs so they would approve my white noise as music? Like honestly this idea is so amazingly terrible and full of an infinite number of holes I'm surprised anyone is arguing for it.
- tehjoker 6y ago
  This is essentially how science grants work. The state awards some money for science in general and allots it to a few agencies to distribute, who then use practicing scientists to figure out who deserves it. How does anyone determine whom is a practitioner of a given art? It's some interplay between demonstrated objective skill and practitioner consensus. I'm proposing a gentler version of that that would be open to more people. What you are describing is corruption and would be illegal. I would also note that public support of the arts is nothing new. This is simply a generous expansion that qualitatively changes the relation of artists to markets and to the public. For example: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/hope-for-america/government-support-for-the-arts.html https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/hope-for-america/government-sup...

smabie 6y ago

How do you get recognized by practicing musicians? Could I generate white noise and pay them a cut of my future government hand outs so they would approve my white noise as music? Like honestly this idea is so amazingly terrible and full of an infinite number of holes I'm surprised anyone is arguing for it.

tehjoker 6y ago
This is essentially how science grants work. The state awards some money for science in general and allots it to a few agencies to distribute, who then use practicing scientists to figure out who deserves it. How does anyone determine whom is a practitioner of a given art? It's some interplay between demonstrated objective skill and practitioner consensus. I'm proposing a gentler version of that that would be open to more people. What you are describing is corruption and would be illegal. I would also note that public support of the arts is nothing new. This is simply a generous expansion that qualitatively changes the relation of artists to markets and to the public. For example: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/hope-for-america/government-support-for-the-arts.html https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/hope-for-america/government-sup...