06-17-2016, 12:14 PM
(06-17-2016, 11:42 AM)dissonance Wrote: Where do artists fall in all this categorization? As in writers, singers, music producers, actors, DJs, painters? And are they perceived as "trying to leave the system"?
I think artists WANT to leave the system, only to find that the gatekeepers are going to push them back in. I'm making decent money with my writing and I don't work a 9 to 5. However, there are elements of the system that I have to rely on. Like the Kindle store. And I just can't write literary fiction like I want. I'm dealing in pop fiction, because that's what the market wants. I'm being controlled and led by market forces whether I want to or not.
UPDATE: Won't be going out with the Adidas chick. My friend just called me with some really bad news. Can't bail on him today.
... but this is the friend with the girlfriend that's been hitting on me, so I'm loading up AOSI now.