If you know the answer to that Lewis Carroll classic, let us all know. In the meantime, here's one that's a bit easier:
Q. Why is a small farmer like an independent musician?
A. Both work their tails off full-time for part-time income.
Nowadays, selling music is almost solely the province of the internet. Where once you might sign with a record company and hope to sell vinyl, you now write, record, produce, upload, and promote your own material online. And the rewards are...well, here's an example:
Spotify just posted, over 7 different reports for streaming of 28 separate original Tom Rasely recordings, a grand total of 10 cents in income.
Yes, that's right. A dime, one tenth of a buck.
Ah music, the road to riches.
While the internet has kaboshed a lot of the old ways of selling music, some new ideas are springing up also. One of these is a website called Patreon, a new wrinkle on the traditional patronage system.
Wikipedia defines patronage as the "support that kings or popes have provided to musicians, painters, and sculptors."
Kings and popes being in short supply, Patreon relies on everyday fans and music lovers.
Please watch this video,
check out Patreon and consider supporting us. But whether or not you do, Tom's videos will continue to be available for free at youtube.com/tomrasely as well as free tabs for guitar players on request.
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