Tara Isabella Burton

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.

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.

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.

Right. There's so much added work from the fact that now it's like you have to be making TikToks and you have to be building an Instagram following and partnering with brands. And definitely some of that comes with a payout. But I think we're just expecting more and more and more of the artists that we love. And with that comes like

Right. There's so much added work from the fact that now it's like you have to be making TikToks and you have to be building an Instagram following and partnering with brands. And definitely some of that comes with a payout. But I think we're just expecting more and more and more of the artists that we love. And with that comes like

Right. There's so much added work from the fact that now it's like you have to be making TikToks and you have to be building an Instagram following and partnering with brands. And definitely some of that comes with a payout. But I think we're just expecting more and more and more of the artists that we love. And with that comes like

we have all these kinds of new parasocial relationships with the artists that we love as fans because we're so used to having free access to them on social media.