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The Death of the Middle-Class Musician

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300 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 22:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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weregiraffe ◴[29 Jun 25 04:57 UTC] No.44410458[source]▶
What's the deal with always wanting to turn art into a day job, anyway? These things are almost antithetical, as exemplifies by thousands of YouTube channel that turned into soulless content-producers in an effort to keep a schedule.

Damn, people somehow made art in 10000BC, when everyone was a hunter-gatherer by necessity.

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1. eszed ◴[29 Jun 25 05:09 UTC] No.44410510[source]▶
What if you want to maximize your talent? I'm sure you're good at something; isn't it satisfying to get better at it? At some point you'll maximize the improvement you can make in your free time; if you get there before you reach the ceiling of your ability or your drive, then what else are you going to (want to) do?

This comment makes the same point, better than I did:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44410292