Used to be that great art attracts great attention. However I see many bands who are amazing who get something like 2 plays on youtube, or their tweets sink without a trace. I wonder how many of these young kids are gonna give up their artform because of this?
Look what photography did to painting. I guess it ruined painting for some people. Made it less profitable to a large degree. But people still paint. They paint modern/post modern. They paint in old styles. Even new styles. Have you seen the generation of photo realism that’s out there? Wow. People paint digitally. They paint murals.
Is music going to change? Sure. And people will invent music that AI can’t replicate. Live music, for one.
PoopingCough@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As someone who has been in the professional music scene for over a decade trying to ‘break through’ and has seen many others trying the same, sometimes it’s about how good people are at their instrument/songwriting/art but more often it’s about luck and what connections and/or funding you have. I’ve seen people who are truly creative and work hard build impressive success from basically nothing. I also know plenty of people who are just as creative and hardworking spin their wheels and get nowhere. Frankly, i suspect this has always been the case. Ability alone has very very rarely been enough