All of You Bored Rich Folks, What Would It Take for You to invest In Arts/Media/Entertainment/Cultural institutions?
As the title says, what would make it worth your while/interesting/sexy to enter this space?
If you follow media news at all, you can see from streaming services to movie theaters, it's all collapsing. The people currently with jobs in this sector are overworked, underpaid, and over it.
Netflix was able to disrupt bc it took a central conceit from the tech world— pay top dollar for top of market talent + performance, plus perks— and translate it to an industry that usually takes advantage of people until they claw their way to the top for a handful of positions that pay like kings.
Anyway, since so many of you are running around (if some Blind posts are to be believed), bored, filled with ennui, and pockets full of money, what would make an investment in the arts, even a pet project, attractive?
There are many many talented, hardworking people who would split from their current sitch for the actual real money people enjoy in other industries at their age/level of experience.
So— Bored, Rich Tech People of Blind, what can media/arts people do to create attractive opportunities for you? Or is it just, one must wait around for someone actually into arts and entertainment for new money to flow into the industry?
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I've produced a bunch of performances but would be interested to hear from others
I would agree that finding the right people to work with is a huge help, but also, having some idea of what you desperately want to see that no one is currently doing
There will be many casualties in this effort of both dying and unfortunate entities, as well as up and coming efforts that just wont have what it takes.
Performance will improve and thrive for a time in the near future.
The problem that has plague us for decades is the talent and nurturing pools of artists and creatives in general.
Our daily streams are filled with so many fad captures and individuals with immense natural talent. What has declined greatly are the sheer number of artists who work hard at their craft, at marketing themselves, and the industry in general where you could boot strap your way into moderate success.
Replacing kids afternoon lessons on the piano with hustling for clicks is something that I point to as a reason why we have more reboots that original ideas.
This is my opinion and I use very broad or sometimes naive strokes. My point is hardwork and structure are in decline. Investments in the young and the dedicated would help greatly in creating a better product.
What would it take? If I build a school...you send your kid and make them work hard.
If I produce a show, you go and see it instead of staying at home and watching the Bachelor.
Let's start there. Stop watching the Bachelor.