Tara Isabella Burton

The music industry could become a place where only the wealthy and only the ones who have this incredible financial safety net can be creative and can express themselves. We lose a lot if those are the only people who are afforded those opportunities.

Yeah. I mean, I think the understanding is that like in the 1990s, again, pre-streaming, like you could record an album, you know, your music, your physical music would sell when people wanted to listen to it. It would get radio play. If your song gets included in a movie or a TV show or a commercial, that's a really big payout for artists.

Yeah. I mean, I think the understanding is that like in the 1990s, again, pre-streaming, like you could record an album, you know, your music, your physical music would sell when people wanted to listen to it. It would get radio play. If your song gets included in a movie or a TV show or a commercial, that's a really big payout for artists.

Yeah. I mean, I think the understanding is that like in the 1990s, again, pre-streaming, like you could record an album, you know, your music, your physical music would sell when people wanted to listen to it. It would get radio play. If your song gets included in a movie or a TV show or a commercial, that's a really big payout for artists.

You could tour and make a significant amount of money from that. You would sell merch, make a significant amount of money from that. And I think the idea is that you were comfortable enough, like maybe you weren't you know, rolling in money or maybe you were still kind of living paycheck to paycheck, but it didn't feel like you were drowning the way that it seems like some musicians feel today.

You could tour and make a significant amount of money from that. You would sell merch, make a significant amount of money from that. And I think the idea is that you were comfortable enough, like maybe you weren't you know, rolling in money or maybe you were still kind of living paycheck to paycheck, but it didn't feel like you were drowning the way that it seems like some musicians feel today.

You could tour and make a significant amount of money from that. You would sell merch, make a significant amount of money from that. And I think the idea is that you were comfortable enough, like maybe you weren't you know, rolling in money or maybe you were still kind of living paycheck to paycheck, but it didn't feel like you were drowning the way that it seems like some musicians feel today.

Like Lizzy Ngo was telling me she toured

Like Lizzy Ngo was telling me she toured

Like Lizzy Ngo was telling me she toured

for ten and a half months and came home and was like I have all this amazing press written about me but I need to go back on the tour tomorrow if I want to pay my rent next month which also if you're a musician when are you supposed to have time to like to record and write songs yeah how are you going to pay for studio time when do you have down time to like be a human being and focus on making more art to go back out on the road you know

for ten and a half months and came home and was like I have all this amazing press written about me but I need to go back on the tour tomorrow if I want to pay my rent next month which also if you're a musician when are you supposed to have time to like to record and write songs yeah how are you going to pay for studio time when do you have down time to like be a human being and focus on making more art to go back out on the road you know

for ten and a half months and came home and was like I have all this amazing press written about me but I need to go back on the tour tomorrow if I want to pay my rent next month which also if you're a musician when are you supposed to have time to like to record and write songs yeah how are you going to pay for studio time when do you have down time to like be a human being and focus on making more art to go back out on the road you know

I mean, I think music is something most of us love and enjoy and we find a lot of meaning in. I think, you know, just like any other workers in America, the people who make the music that we love and listen to deserve to make a comfortable living. They deserve to have a comfortable lifestyle.

I mean, I think music is something most of us love and enjoy and we find a lot of meaning in. I think, you know, just like any other workers in America, the people who make the music that we love and listen to deserve to make a comfortable living. They deserve to have a comfortable lifestyle.

I mean, I think music is something most of us love and enjoy and we find a lot of meaning in. I think, you know, just like any other workers in America, the people who make the music that we love and listen to deserve to make a comfortable living. They deserve to have a comfortable lifestyle.

And I'm not saying, like, everyone should be a billionaire, but I think, you know, it is concerning to think that, like, The music industry could become a place where only the wealthy and only the ones who have this incredible financial safety net can be creative and can express themselves. We lose a lot if those are the only people who are afforded those opportunities.

And I'm not saying, like, everyone should be a billionaire, but I think, you know, it is concerning to think that, like, The music industry could become a place where only the wealthy and only the ones who have this incredible financial safety net can be creative and can express themselves. We lose a lot if those are the only people who are afforded those opportunities.

And I'm not saying, like, everyone should be a billionaire, but I think, you know, it is concerning to think that, like, The music industry could become a place where only the wealthy and only the ones who have this incredible financial safety net can be creative and can express themselves. We lose a lot if those are the only people who are afforded those opportunities.

And I also think when we're talking about like a middle class artist in the 90s, like you used to not also have to be a full time content creator to be a musician.