I agree todays generation are way less concerned about release date and are as happy checking James Brown and The Stooges as anything new, that is a plus. I know lots of very good young musicians too.
The model now is very different. I’ve made a living in music for 25 years now, either teaching or involved in the process as an engineer etc.
I’m very hopeful about the future but think we have to cut a new path somehow. Spotify, by there own words, value music at zero, personally I find art to too fundamental to the soul for such a valuation.
Glad to make your acquaintance!
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Nice to meet you too.
Well done for making a living at it for 25 years, that’s not easy. I’ve seen so many good musicians either walk away from it or not make much to live on and have to compromise on things etc.
I agree there are a lot of talented youngsters still learning to play - and they are really good! I just hope that the Bitcoin effect could be to allow some of the older generation musicians to be able to support viable live venues or studios to help guide and produce the talent coming through.
I hear the term ‘generational wealth’ thrown about on podcasts and it is like they mean ‘sit on it forever, Laura, so my great-grandkids will think I was a fucking genius’, but I think generational wealth really should mean ‘wealth that generates something’, including great-grandkids too of course.