Comment by diggan
5 months ago
> Conversely, the likelihood of making it big just by making some good damn music was never lower than it is now.
Is that statement backed by any facts? Otherwise it sounds like a soundbite that sounds good, but I'm not sure how true it is. Maybe what "making it big" has changed more compared to how many people make their living making music, which for me would be enough to be considered "making it big".
Making it big used to be a mix of luck, hard work, insane talent and tons of marketing. The marketing stratégies are, from my perspective, what makes things different nowadays.
[but when you simply ignore the marketing , and are a bit picky in your choices, the current offer is 10000% more qualitative than it has ever been. And BIG THINGS happen behind the curtain of mass marketing]
Do you believe more people per capita now make their their livings as performing musicians?