Last week, David Byrne interviewed Thom Yorke of Radiohead for Wired, about their battle with record companies and their ultimate decision to produce and distribute their own music. This was punctuated a few months ago by releasing their latest album, In Rainbows, through their own site, and allowed fans to name their own price […]
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David Byrne - How to be a musician in a digital world
December 24th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments
Tags: Art Life · Big Business · Economics · Marketing · Music & Sounds · Technology
Mechanical Turk, Mechanical Art, Mechanical People
August 24th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments
I used to flip through the Artist’s Market when I was in middle school. Back then, the prices paid for illustrations from books and magazines seemed extravagant. I didn’t understand until later how little artists get paid for their time and skill.
How about $.69 per hour?
Mechanical Turk is an Amazon project […]
Tags: Controversy · Drawing and Illustration · Economics · Technology
“A New Wave for Japanese Art”, Art Investment Funds
August 18th, 2007 by Trout · No Comments
International art collectors are warming up to a new breed of daring Japanese artists that are no longer beholden to Western styles.
Mentioned in the article is a Contemporary Arts Fund. I’m not sure how well known this is, but there are funds (like mutual funds) created by financial organizations that own artwork instead of […]