"Get paid for doing what you love" is a bourgeois fantasy. Sure you can probably make some pocket change selling knick-knacks on Etsy. But the concept that if you just work hard, you can turn your hobby into a career is a trick only works for the rich.
William S. Burroughs recieved an allowance from his parents while he wrote The Naked Lunch. "Follow your dreams" is nice. "Follow your dreams to financial stability" is like telling the mouse that there's delicious cheese in that mousetrap.
@rotatingskull my dude you made 100s of thousands of dollars and blew it, you need to fuck off with your disingenuous bullshit and subtooting lol
@ravenna If you think that selling hundreds of thousands of albums and playing shows for tens of thousands of people is where the money is at, you're simply mistaken. Pressing albums costs money. The album covers costs even more. Marketing costs money. Microphones cost money. Show promoters and venue owners get the bulk of ticket sales. The musicians get the fun of playing and gas money and that's about it.
Hi, metal music podcaster here:
Sure, touring musicians have a rough go of it because touring is a drain on resources (and is usually how folks make most of their money) -
However -
Perhaps instead of saying how something can't be done you do something constructive to help change this?
Perhaps you buy an album, help promote the musician, and give space to let what you think is impossible fourish.
http://www.dorktower.com/2016/08/25/inspiration-go-dork-tower-25-08-16/
tl;dr: Help or kindly STFU.
@craigmaloney @ravenna I'm not going to do music promotion for you. If you can find space for your art to flourish, that's great. I'm not interested in helping you with your project.
@rotatingskull @ravenna You threatened art. You brought me here.
This ends now.
@craigmaloney @ravenna I didn't contact you. You contacted me. Goodbye.