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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: 0.207s | source
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bradley13 ◴[29 Jun 25 06:30 UTC] No.44410764[source]▶
Few people should make a living with music, or indeed any other form of art. Art is a hobby.

Literally everyone is an artist, even if their art consists of bad doodles and singing in the shower. Sure, some people are more talented than that, but expecting to make a living with art? Nah...

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1. croes ◴[29 Jun 25 06:33 UTC] No.44410771[source]▶
Most of music is craft not art. People should be able to make a living from their craft