Eh, I think you are looking at it backwards. Other musicians have to depend on only subscriber support, because they are not valued enough to earn the votes necessary to get public support. For instance, imagine a referendum with a Pick One voting option for .0001 millage:Riggerjack wrote:You know, this is true of all music, but strangely, only symphonies need taxes, while everyone else uses subscriber support. What is wrong with symphonies that they can't provide services other musicians can?
1) Support the Symphony Orchestra kindercamp.
2) Support Gangsta Rap instruction at Junior High level.
3) Support renovation of parking lot at Bluegrass Festival Park grounds.
Odds that (2) would be the winner?
Also, for instance,there are many more people who spend money to send their daughters to ballet class, than purchase season tickets to the ballet themselves. And there are also many people who would slap their kid on the back of the head if he received a D in English, even though they never visit the local library themselves.
I would note that the well-able-to-pay-for-it guys I hang out with complain about most women all the time too. They would prefer it if most women were as "Garden Fresh Tomatoes-Pay What You Please" in their sexual functioning as me. They don't get that I am just too distracted by more interesting things, such as systems theory or 18th century novels, to always be minding some cash register while brushing my hair. OTOH, if they want empathetic listening, for that I will have to charge market rate, because very life energy draining. Like, I would rather be woken up from dead sleep in the middle of the night in order to provide sex AND a sandwich on demand, rather than empathetic listening, but people always seem to want what you don't want to give them (sigh.)Mister Imperceptible wrote:You are correct in saying that many are paying for the difference. They pay for things they cannot afford with money that does not even exist. They pay until they are ruined. And then they denounce capitalism as evil. Boo hoo!