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Seems incredibly shortsighted, even in the limited examples provided; It says "the number of musicians required for a quartet is the same as in Beethoven's day"
by dccoolgai 4y ago
Seems incredibly shortsighted, even in the limited examples provided; It says "the number of musicians required for a quartet is the same as in Beethoven's day" which is true, but even by 1960 recording technology provided those musicians the chance to be more "productive" by all but the most myopic of measures (i.e. "times they drew their bow across the strings").
- dmix 4y agoIt's a poor example to use for sure but it's also just the wiki. Not all of them are designed to be persuasive or necessarily have gotten much attention to be well written/supported. You're free to contribute a better example to the Wiki. There's plenty of low productivity jobs with high wages being propped up by the general productivity of the other sectors (corporate middle management, administrators everywhere, tons of consulting gigs, etc). Or someone could expand the critique section if you can find some better sources.
- hgsgm 4y agoThe market for recorded music overlaps but is not the same as the market for live music, as proven by the existence of chartered live performances of already recorded music.