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This book re-evaluates the music business and how Amanda Palmer has done it and continues to do it. There are artists who are afraid to say why they make their art. It would mean they would have to do some deep thinking about themselves which Amanda has done for herself. Also, what she proposes "let the people pay for art" is a new concept for most. People don't like change. New things scare them. Some new ideas take centuries to get momentum (Ptolemy theory that sun is the center of our universe). Other artists cheer on Amanda for saying what they were afraid to or didn't know how to go about letting people help pay for art they want. Like Anthony says on page 180, you cannot please everyone. Just do your thing and hope for the best.
What Amanda Palmer says makes you really think. People in her life have given her great advice during her journey. This advice is passed onto the reader. This book is not only for the artist, it's for anyone who needed help and felt guilty asking for help with it. Amanda assures you that it's okay. The genre this book would fall into is unknown just like the author's music with the Dresden Dolls, on her own label, and with Grand Theft Orchestra. It's self-help/biography/Good advice all rolled into one book. It's definitely worth a read.
What Amanda Palmer says makes you really think. People in her life have given her great advice during her journey. This advice is passed onto the reader. This book is not only for the artist, it's for anyone who needed help and felt guilty asking for help with it. Amanda assures you that it's okay. The genre this book would fall into is unknown just like the author's music with the Dresden Dolls, on her own label, and with Grand Theft Orchestra. It's self-help/biography/Good advice all rolled into one book. It's definitely worth a read.