Everyone’s a sellout now. So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok?

Everyone’s a sellout now
So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok?
By Rebecca Jennings@rebexxxxa Feb 1, 2024, 8:00am EST
When Rachael Kay Albers was shopping around her book proposal, the editors at a Big Five publishing house loved the idea. The problem came from the marketing department, which had an issue: She didn’t have a big enough following. With any book, but especially nonfiction ones, publishers want a guarantee that a writer comes with a built-in audience of people who already read and support their work and, crucially, will fork over $27 — a typical price for a new hardcover book — when it debuts.
https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/2/...romotion-artist-career-how-to-build-following



why music is getting worse ricky
https://www.tiktok.com/@rickymontgomery/video/7309291526004149550
uhhkay
it makes it more accessible as well though? It gives indie artists a super easy way to market. i dont think the music industry was ever perfect anyway
Caitlin
Thom yorke would never

ricky montgomery · Creator
he would. because he would have to
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“art is dead and artists killed it” wisest ricky lyrics ever
ricky montgomery · Creator
shoutout to bo
Princess Alice Manor
Becoming a Famous Musician isn't a thing anymore... You have to become an Influencer who does music.
purpineen
it's the consequence of late stage capitalism
ricky montgomery · Creator
call me a nerd but i prefer the term techno feudalism. capitalism ended before any of us were born
illtronics
The best way to sum this up is: Art is no longer art; it's content. We need to stop making "content" for consumption and start making art
satvika
omg also the rise of ai is scary for art as well
ricky montgomery · Creator
It is not only scary but it legitimately could be the end of
To know me
most of my favorite albums have come from people who’ve been able to take years off in between albums. but that’s now a luxury for artists :/
ricky montgomery · Creator
it is not only a luxury but it’s looked at with disdain
ricky montgomery · Creator
i didn’t want the video to be 30 minutes long or too heady but yes. You subconsciously tailor your music to the algorithm, and art eats itself


the luxury of privacy & the celebrity vs. influencer paradox

28.03.2024
➤ SOURCES
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion...ent-olsen-twins-the-row-social-media-blackout
https://www.nssmag.com/en/fashion/35961/the-row-prohibited-phones-olsen
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion...ent-olsen-twins-the-row-social-media-blackout
https://www.elle.com/uk/fashion/a60159893/the-row-phone-ban-fashion-elitism-problem/
https://articlesofinterest.substack.com/p/the-spectacle-of-the-show
https://www.voguebusiness.com/fashi...ernet-personalities-are-invading-fashion-week
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2023/09/12/nyfw-khaite-fforme/
https://www.vogue.com/article/ashley-olsen-pregnancy-perfect-silence
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/greta-garbo-mysterious-movie-star-1234762236/
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/san-vicente-bungalows-club-in-west-hollywood
https://pagesix.com/2021/04/05/private-club-kicks-out-member-over-justin-bieber-leak/
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/...-gated-communities-elite-enclaves-air-cleaner
https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-execs-screen-time-children-bill-gates-steve-jobs-2019-9
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/digital-divide-screens-schools.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/soc...-bereal-replaced-group-chats-messaging-2023-8
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristenharris1/celebs-who-dont-have-smartphones
https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/2/...romotion-artist-career-how-to-build-following
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/why-do-we-hate-social-media-celebrities
https://theconversation.com/why-you-might-start-to-hate-the-influencers-you-once-loved-222659
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/20/magazine/emma-chamberlain-interview.html

0:00 - intro
2:52 - the row's phone ban
8:43 - influencers at fashion week
13:25 - privacy is a luxury
23:08 - the solitary artist
33:04 - conclusion


Black Mirror Analysis | Nosedive by Harry's Moving Media

20.03.2017
@TheMissbambi
What I really liked about this episode is how you can feel that Lacie really means well and is a nice person underneath, even though she's so fake almost the whole episode. You don't really hate her, but she does make you really really sad. Such a good actress
@vahl1certified
One Note: there is also Paul, Naomi's husband, who is clearly gay and has a thing with his best man. And I think Naomi knows based on her facial expression on Paul and Anthony's over the top complementary hugging and ass kissary.
@benjaminwambeke9458
I definitely got that vibe too. It was weird, though, because Chester was allowed to work at the workplace before he and his boyfriend broke up, and judging by how she treats the situation ("3.1? What happened") he was probably around a 4 before the breakup, which isn't the cream of the crop like Paul's 4.8, but certainly isn't terrible. My guess is homophobia is a downvote for most people in this society, but people still find a way to profile, like if a gay man did something wrong he would receive a lower vote than a straight man would have.
@SamAspden
if this future plays out, im fuckin becoming susan the trucker
@atomatopia1
"Everyone is both performer and audience now and it's terrible." - Bo Burnham, Make Happy


Technofeudalism - the video by Yanis Varoufakis

04.02.24
A 16 minute video summary of TECHNOFEUDALISM: What killed capitalism (the book published in the UK by Penguin and in the US by Melville House)
‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-technofeudalism-capitalism-ukraine-interview