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Art is best when it's unpaid. I don't want you paying me for my music and I won't pay for yours. I am tired of corporate rent seeking in the art space. Yes this

Art is best when it's unpaid. I don't want you paying me for my music and I won't pay for yours. I am tired of corporate rent seeking in the art space. Yes this is historical for art of all kinds, but I think that was to the detriment of art rather than its benefit. The talent of artists has been used to ingratiate and inflate the perception of some truly awful people and ideas.

BaseballPhysics 5y ago
Based. Okay, fine, I suppose I should actually respond. The problem with this view is that truly high quality art requires time and attention that few can afford without some level of compensation. If we lived in a non-capitalist society where people didn't have to work to survive, I might agree with you. Heck, even a basic income could make a life as an artist possible. But that world doesn't exist. So your idea would do one thing and one thing only: it would relegate the creation of art to the domain of the wealthy. And that is not a world I'd want to live in.
bitwize 5y ago
How do you expect artists to keep doing what they do and put food on the table?
- ProAm 5y ago
  Like every artist throughout history has?
  - bitwize 5y ago
    Patronage? I'm sure you can see how that doesn't scale.
  - fullshark 5y ago
    By getting paid for it?
    - aeyes 5y ago
      By using music/art as promotional material to sell tickets to your live shows.
      - bavila 5y ago
        I've listened to hundreds of artists in my life. Been to maybe 3 concerts. I don't like the environment; I'm a bedroom listener at heart. There's no reason why I should have to attend a concert or buy a hoodie to support music I enjoy. Just sell me the music.
    - ProAm 5y ago
      Most artist throughout history do not get paid much if anything. I think that is why it's art. Try as they will they still wont get paid.
SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
I am far more than happy to pay artists who create the music that I love to continue to create that music. No one demands a purity of purpose from software developers.
JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> Art is best when it's unpaid This is the equivalent of saying only the wealthy can make art. As it’s been for most of history. (Brief periods when patronage existed aside.)
socksset 5y ago

BaseballPhysics 5y ago

Based. Okay, fine, I suppose I should actually respond. The problem with this view is that truly high quality art requires time and attention that few can afford without some level of compensation. If we lived in a non-capitalist society where people didn't have to work to survive, I might agree with you. Heck, even a basic income could make a life as an artist possible. But that world doesn't exist. So your idea would do one thing and one thing only: it would relegate the creation of art to the domain of the wealthy. And that is not a world I'd want to live in.

bitwize 5y ago

How do you expect artists to keep doing what they do and put food on the table?

ProAm 5y ago
Like every artist throughout history has?
- bitwize 5y ago
  Patronage? I'm sure you can see how that doesn't scale.
- fullshark 5y ago
  By getting paid for it?
  - aeyes 5y ago
    By using music/art as promotional material to sell tickets to your live shows.
    - bavila 5y ago
      I've listened to hundreds of artists in my life. Been to maybe 3 concerts. I don't like the environment; I'm a bedroom listener at heart. There's no reason why I should have to attend a concert or buy a hoodie to support music I enjoy. Just sell me the music.
  - ProAm 5y ago
    Most artist throughout history do not get paid much if anything. I think that is why it's art. Try as they will they still wont get paid.

SketchySeaBeast 5y ago

I am far more than happy to pay artists who create the music that I love to continue to create that music. No one demands a purity of purpose from software developers.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago

> Art is best when it's unpaid This is the equivalent of saying only the wealthy can make art. As it’s been for most of history. (Brief periods when patronage existed aside.)

socksset 5y ago