It was better before (Part 1)
✨Bonus Content✨ Being a musician sucks in 2024
Alright alright alright. Enough of this “on the one hand blah blah blah but on the other hand such and such” balanced bullshit. I’m taking the gloves off and going for blood. Bold statements comin’ atcha. No one’s gonna question where I stand on this one. I am stating a position, folks. And here it is.
Being a musician fucking sucks in 2024.
But Rachel, how could you say that? It’s easier than ever to find an audience! The gatekeepers are gone and there are so many OPPORTUNITIES!
No there aren’t, Gerald! No there fucking aren’t! The gatekeepers aren’t gone. They’ve just been either replaced or strengthened by the amalgamized banality of algorithms and data, the corruption and consolidation of record labels, and the faux paternalism of content moderation.
Let’s break it down.
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