How Does
Amanda Palmer reshape the “business” of music?
She reshapes the business of
music by calling all artists to put their music on the internet for free and
ask for help (money). She says that most artist are too afraid to ask for money
because they do not want to seem like one of those people on the street
begging. However by asking for help you can connect with your fans and have a more
personal rather than celebrity status with them. This in return allows fans to
want to pay you for your music rather than having to pay for your music.
I feel like this, business
philosophy, would work for all those musicians who love what they do and not doing
it for the money. These sellouts, I imagine would want assurance that they will
be paid, instead of relying on the fans for their money. The musicians who love
what they do, would keep playing music even if the money was not rolling in or
they would find a job which would allow them to do both.
How does she
redefine the relationship between artist and fans?
She makes the relationship
between the artist and fan more personal. She trusts her fans enough to write
on her naked body, which is weird but demonstrates how much she trusts them.
She explains that an artist should not be like a celebrity who is admired from
afar but should have a relationship with the fan. She changes the responsibility
of the fan from having to pay for your music to wanting to pay for your music.
How does her
presentational style, both as a street artist and TED speaker reflect and
support this relationship?
As a TED speaker she is
interactive and uses a lot of personal anecdotes to prove her point. By telling
her story she connects with the audience and now they have a personal
relationship with the speaker. She
begins her speech on the box as a street artist and ends her speech by giving
the flower to the audience as if she would give someone a flower if they put
money in the hat. This symbolizes that just by listening to her message, the
audience in some way helped her.
She had a artistic tone to her
message. She for one is an artist and just from what she was wearing to the
background all supported this tone. I feel like all the TED talks given at that
venue was either artistic or earthy due to the purposeful shabby hut in the
background.
Thoughts
Of all the TED talks this was my
least favorite, not meaning that it wasn't good but I was more interested in
the message of the other speakers. The eyebrows, for me, took away from her
message because they were weird. I liked how she began and ended with the
street performer. I don’t think her business philosophy will ever catch on even
though it is a good idea. The reason it will not catch on is because asking for help and relying on the fans for income is hard. It was amazing how she earned a little over a million
dollars with just 24,883 people (I did the math it was on average $47.94 per
person). I liked how she wanted to redefine the relationship between artist and
fan, I just hope the idea of letting people sign artists bodies doesn't catch on.
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