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Thoughts on the Modern Music Industrial Complex

Greetings from The Music Bowl! I'm The Wonderfish. Inevitably, we cannot escape father time. Sure, people try to avoid aging physically and there are tricks of the trade to attempt if you want to spend the money but, like it or not, we are all on our way to that great gig in the sky. I bring this up because I am not a full time musician. I've never even studied music full time. For me, music has always been a part-time job just as it is a lifelong pursuit and I can only hope for more time to spend on my music because I do love it so. The music industry is a difficult one. In fact, every book I've read and every documentary I've watched about it says so. But I don't need to read a book or watch a movie to know this. I've been a working musician for two decades and I make the same amount of money for a gig today that I made twenty years ago. The market is so bad where I am that sometimes I make less ! How I wish I was kidding. I love all kinds of music. I lo...