"Overall inflation-adjusted music revenue is climbing back up in recent years after hitting a low in 2014, but in 2020, just 39 percent of active artists—those who released more than 10 tracks and garnered more than 1,000 monthly listeners at some point in the year—on Spotify (The Ringer’s parent company) made more than $1,000."
The quote comes from this article about live concert costs
Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster, and the Year That Live Music Broke
little of which is directly relevant to this thread. But that sentence struck me. 39% of active artists made more than a thousand dollars in a year. We are not alone. I'd reckon the numbers are even more dismal for painters and sculptors.
Zappa's famous "We're Only In It For The Money" is as fine a sarcasm as it ever was. And Dorothy Parker's advice concerning aspiring writers is still relevant.
The quote comes from this article about live concert costs
Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster, and the Year That Live Music Broke
little of which is directly relevant to this thread. But that sentence struck me. 39% of active artists made more than a thousand dollars in a year. We are not alone. I'd reckon the numbers are even more dismal for painters and sculptors.
Zappa's famous "We're Only In It For The Money" is as fine a sarcasm as it ever was. And Dorothy Parker's advice concerning aspiring writers is still relevant.
