Building A Sustainable Creative Economy - Part 1
Hey there, I'm back! It has been a long time. Life has been pretty hectic. Anyhow, I'm back with a train of thought; let's get into it. Recently, I've been having a lot of conversations with people around the issues of piracy, paying for music, and concerts, centred around the importance of understanding the value of music as an asset. I then came to this realization. . . If we are going to build a sustainable and inclusive creative economy, there is a need to inform and educate people about the vitality of paying for art and events. There is a lack of understanding around these issues, some of it mostly fuelled by ignorance. There is an existing business side to art that can't be ignored. It takes money to create and produce good music; it makes money to get books and artworks manufactured and designed; it takes money to put amazing concert experiences together. We also need to realise that many of the artists and players within the creative industries are full-t...