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Dumblydorr ◴[] No.44409135[source]
Most musicians who can make it now are only middle class, with a handful of superstars and a huge legion of poor artists.

I’ve played many gigs for $20-100, which is once a month or week and tough work relative to typing some code from home. I played for 25 mins in front of 1000 people and spent 8+ hours total all-in to make 200 bucks. Way harder money than coding.

Really, think back through history. Musicians were needed for dance, parties, all occasions. Now hit play on your phone connected to a speaker, GG musicians.

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1. LtWorf ◴[] No.44411274[source]
On the other hand busking in a street (which I regard as open source music, donations accepted) makes way more money than releasing an open source project and having tens of thousands use it daily.