Well thought-out, Lail. Creatives, whether in music or books or spoken word, have entered an era when remuneration is small, if it comes at all. In the '60s, every last penny of a kid's allowance went to buying record albums. In the '70s, everyone on the tube was reading a hardback novel, or at least a Penguin. Those eras are as vanished as the cigarette smoke that punctuated them. Instead of everyone puffing, heads are bent over devices. Perhaps it's all back to an era of serial subscription (Dickens) or patronage (Mozart). Onwards in any case, by whatever means work can find its way to an audience.
Well thought-out, Lail. Creatives, whether in music or books or spoken word, have entered an era when remuneration is small, if it comes at all. In the '60s, every last penny of a kid's allowance went to buying record albums. In the '70s, everyone on the tube was reading a hardback novel, or at least a Penguin. Those eras are as vanished as the cigarette smoke that punctuated them. Instead of everyone puffing, heads are bent over devices. Perhaps it's all back to an era of serial subscription (Dickens) or patronage (Mozart). Onwards in any case, by whatever means work can find its way to an audience.
So true. I'm nostalgic for those days I never knew! But yes, maybe there are new ways emerging, and maybe this is one of them... Upwards!
Ooh how exciting!! Your writing is so brilliant — your words already leap off the page. Adding in the audio component is going to be a delight!
Thank you so much, can't wait for you to hear it, and hopefully audio-collaborate one day!
please don’t abandon ‘its’ in its hour of need. Don’t confuse ‘its’ with ‘it’s’, which only ever means ‘it is’.
You see if this was audio you'd never know... Thanks for the close read, amended!