I wonder why journalists continue to use phrases like “the only way to make money is touring”. They should say “one of the primary ways” rather than “only”.

Artists like Justin Timberlake should look for alternative ways to make money in the face of declining album revenue (which, lets face it, is a relatively easy way to make money for the artists), of which the hard work of touring is one but there are loads of others.

Independent artists are not scared to put in the hard work into things like Patreon, podcasting, youtube, cypto currency services, live streaming, licensing and many many more. A wake up call for these “top” artists for sure.

Edited to add: not to mention online courses. If little old me can get 100 people on my little course (with not much markerting) imagine how many people would sign up for a Taylor Swift online song writing course

Last edited by JoanneCooper; 03/14/18 06:34 PM.
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