Comments on: The Economics of Creativity http://blog.oogalabs.com/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/ Ooga Labs Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:37:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Greg Rahn http://blog.oogalabs.com/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/#comment-43 Greg Rahn Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:52:30 +0000 http://blog.oogalabs.com/index.php/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/#comment-43 James makes a good point - that the economics of creativity has always been changing, so we (musicians and composers) have to constantly re-invent how we apply our talents in a way that provides us compensation so we can survive. And yes James, I would love to do it for free, but I can't afford that luxury, so off to work I go. In the 80's I made a nice living as a performing musician. In 2003 I chose to stop performing because it paid so little that my time was better invested doing soundtracks for video games, and the expense of going out to gig would actually end up costing me money. As far as Billy Bragg's composer friendly stance is concerned, I think compassion like that would sure be nice, but business is business and it ain't gonna happen. And Michael Birch shouldn't be penalized for being a smart business man. Exposure is worth something to an artist. What no one is mentioning here is that the performing rights organizations (ASCAP at least, not sure about BMI) are working on ways to collect performance royalties for internet use of music. Issuing blanket licenses to game portals like Yahoo Games is one example. Once in place, composers will be compensated for their works being performed on the net in the way they've been compensated in the past for performances on radio and TV. Whether it will be anything significant for the artist remains to be seen, but it's a step in the right direction. James makes a good point – that the economics of creativity has always been changing, so we (musicians and composers) have to constantly re-invent how we apply our talents in a way that provides us compensation so we can survive. And yes James, I would love to do it for free, but I can’t afford that luxury, so off to work I go. In the 80’s I made a nice living as a performing musician. In 2003 I chose to stop performing because it paid so little that my time was better invested doing soundtracks for video games, and the expense of going out to gig would actually end up costing me money. As far as Billy Bragg’s composer friendly stance is concerned, I think compassion like that would sure be nice, but business is business and it ain’t gonna happen. And Michael Birch shouldn’t be penalized for being a smart business man. Exposure is worth something to an artist. What no one is mentioning here is that the performing rights organizations (ASCAP at least, not sure about BMI) are working on ways to collect performance royalties for internet use of music. Issuing blanket licenses to game portals like Yahoo Games is one example. Once in place, composers will be compensated for their works being performed on the net in the way they’ve been compensated in the past for performances on radio and TV. Whether it will be anything significant for the artist remains to be seen, but it’s a step in the right direction.

]]> By: elzr http://blog.oogalabs.com/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/#comment-41 elzr Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:35:44 +0000 http://blog.oogalabs.com/index.php/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/#comment-41 Great insight! Creative talent's yet one more thing that gets commodified with technology and time. I believe <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Interface-Culture-Steven-Johnson/dp/0465036805" rel="nofollow">interface design</a> will be *the* art form of the early century but I expect it to be in decline by the 5th decade. From that point on, who knows, but my guess would be that AI-composing, creatively hacking the AI to solve almost any given task, might be the next art form. I'm also long on "post-symbolic communication":http://elzr.com/posts/todays-reading-the-giant-worm-to-saturn. Great insight! Creative talent’s yet one more thing that gets commodified with technology and time.

I believe interface design will be *the* art form of the early century but I expect it to be in decline by the 5th decade. From that point on, who knows, but my guess would be that AI-composing, creatively hacking the AI to solve almost any given task, might be the next art form. I’m also long on “post-symbolic communication”:http://elzr.com/posts/todays-reading-the-giant-worm-to-saturn.

]]> By: should everything people use be free? « blake borgeson http://blog.oogalabs.com/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/#comment-42 should everything people use be free? « blake borgeson Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:34:40 +0000 http://blog.oogalabs.com/index.php/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/#comment-42 [...] The economics of creativity - This post comes from James Currier, founder of Ooga Labs, the company behind the Medpedia project, which looks awesome.  He tells of how his great-great-grandfather married into royalty for his musical abilities, while today it’s tough for an incredibly gifted pianist to make ends meet. [...] [...] The economics of creativity – This post comes from James Currier, founder of Ooga Labs, the company behind the Medpedia project, which looks awesome.  He tells of how his great-great-grandfather married into royalty for his musical abilities, while today it’s tough for an incredibly gifted pianist to make ends meet. [...]

]]> By: Bookmarks about Creativity http://blog.oogalabs.com/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/#comment-40 Bookmarks about Creativity Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:30:37 +0000 http://blog.oogalabs.com/index.php/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/#comment-40 [...] - bookmarked by 2 members originally found by aidaaya on 2008-07-19 The Economics of Creativity http://blog.oogalabs.com/index.php/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/ - bookmarked by 1 [...] [...] – bookmarked by 2 members originally found by aidaaya on 2008-07-19 The Economics of Creativity http://blog.oogalabs.com/index.php/2008/07/12/the-economics-of-creativity/ – bookmarked by 1 [...]

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