musical artists

"there's no point in which, unless you simply walk up to a guy and say 'here, here's the $10', that you know that they're getting that money."

i have a friend who is a full time solo musician, and it never dawned on me how important tips were until he and i got close and started talking about business.

most musicians don't make much money, even when they've been signed to a label.

resource to discover and support musical artists directly: bandcamp.com

visual artists

600,000 = number of mid to high level art collectors in the world.

"someone in their 20's can sell a piece for $100,000, and it has everything to do with the secondary market. this wave of collectors who have methodically figured out how to control and pump up the price of art through the same tactics that have been happening in christie's and sotheby's since the 60's, which is price fixing and planning how much to bid, and consorting with your friends on who's going to be valuable and who's not."

out of 2 million arts graduates, 10%* make their primary earnings as working artists (*200,000 people)

$44,380 = median income for craft and fine artists (bureau of labor statistics)

"having an understanding of art history will help you make better art, but its not going to help you sell art. whats going to help you sell art is understanding psychology, sociology, talking to people and figuring out what their desires are, and branding."

which i could not agree with more.

23:00 minutes. Vice News.