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Aivlys's avatar

Somewhere along the line, selling out became cashing in….

Jimmy Nicholls's avatar

For me the original appeal of writing and making music for a living was that you could ignore the corporate nonsense, but the centrality of social media to both enterprises has turned that on its head. By comparison, a job that asks for your attention 35 hours a week and nothing more is comparatively more rebellious.

Incidentally, this post reminded me of the The Rebel Sell, which I've been meaning to read for a while.

Elizabeth MacQueen's avatar

Razor sharp. It's called living beyond your means or hanging onto your level of comfort when Hollywood is no longer calling - aka - Debt. em on the cliffs of the Pacific in Puerto Vallarta(Night of the Iguana film area) at Casa Karma decompressing from an unwanted dip into US tyranny.