With the advent of 'internet piracy', the music industry is changing and there are some who are embracing new ways to make a living with making music (as well as those who resist of course). A great example is Amanda Palmer, whose style is a mix between punk and cabaret. Personally not my flavour of music but wow, the way she goes about sharing her music is powerful stuff.
Her main game is trust: trusting fans, couch surfing & crowd surfing (which she talks a bit about in her TED talk - showed above, well worth viewing) and allowing those fleeting moments of interaction with people to form that trust. An extremist devotee of trust (compared to most of us anyway), it has served her well. She keeps coming back to one of her jobs standing on the street as an 8-foot bride, kind of like busking for money. Short moments of bonding, the experience of being acknowledged (good and bad), and an apparently steady income taught her this new path of music making.
If she comes to Auckland for a free gig or something, would love to see her work her magic. She also has a very well populated Twitter account which has helped with real time crowd/fan engagement.
Interestingly a friend on Twitter remarked on the irony of her 'trust' when she threatened suicide after her partner left her. Which is pretty edgey... is it TOO MUCH trust, in her as a person, not only in her work?
Interestingly a friend on Twitter remarked on the irony of her 'trust' when she threatened suicide after her partner left her. Which is pretty edgey... is it TOO MUCH trust, in her as a person, not only in her work?
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