"One of the most common complaints whenever someone suggests to musicians that they need to develop a business model is, "we shouldn't have to be business men." You need look no further than George Clinton's career to understand why that argument was never valid. His work over the decades has netted hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars - but not for him. It was never his art which held him back. It was poor business decisions."
Sorry, but that doesn't prove the "we shouldn't have to be business men" argument is not valid. It proves it is not pragmatic. Very different things.
Look, in an ideal world musicians should be able to get on with just making music and not have to care about the money 'cos it'll all be fine. But today, they can't - they have to spend as much time watching their backs and getting the business side right. This is true in a lot of walks of live, and I think that's a shame.
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Sorry, but that doesn't prove the "we shouldn't have to be business men" argument is not valid. It proves it is not pragmatic. Very different things.
Look, in an ideal world musicians should be able to get on with just making music and not have to care about the money 'cos it'll all be fine. But today, they can't - they have to spend as much time watching their backs and getting the business side right. This is true in a lot of walks of live, and I think that's a shame.
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