Surprisingly, I actually enjoyed this TED talk. Amanda
Palmer was trying to convey that people should not pay for music but the choice
of donating to pay the artist should be allowed. I most definitely agree that
people should not pay for music, but I do not agree that people should “ask
without shame”. That part just seemed strange to me.
This ted
talk reminded me of a “Pretty Lights”.
Pretty Lights has amazing music and does not sell their music, but allows the
option to donate. They don’t believe that someone should be selling their art
for the profit of money. They just want to express it for free. I personally
think this is how music should be. It makes me respect the artists so much
more.
Her opening
about being the statue was rather surprising and I guess pretty inspirational.
I’ve never personally met a street performer, but in an episode of Workaholics
they follow a coworker and find out he’s a street performer and have mad respect
for him after that. I would say I felt the exact same way. The fact that she
can go from being a struggling street performer connecting with people via
flowers to a successful artist connecting with people through her music was a
very good comparison.
I honestly
hope that her message becomes the future of music. Music is a passion and a
type of expression. The art of music should not be sold to a label, it should
not cost the fans money, and it should be free. I don’t usually like most TED
talks, but this was a fairly inspirational one. I did Google pictures of her
after they showed that picture of her and found out she has long armpit hair…
not going to lie that was pretty repulsing. But then I Googled her music and it
was all right.
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