The art of asking - Amanda Palmer
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so I didn't always make my living from
so I didn't always make my living from
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music for about the 5 years after
music for about the 5 years after
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graduating from an upstanding liberal
graduating from an upstanding liberal
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arts university this was my day
arts university this was my day
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job I was a self-employed living statue
job I was a self-employed living statue
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called the 8-foot bride and I love
called the 8-foot bride and I love
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telling people I did this for a job
telling people I did this for a job
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because everybody always wants to know
because everybody always wants to know
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who are these freaks in real life hello
who are these freaks in real life hello
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hello I painted myself weight one day
hello I painted myself weight one day
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stood on a box put a hat or a can at my
stood on a box put a hat or a can at my
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feet and when someone came by and
feet and when someone came by and
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dropped in money I handed them a
dropped in money I handed them a
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flower and some intense eye
flower and some intense eye
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contact and if they didn't take the
contact and if they didn't take the
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flower I threw in a gesture of sadness
flower I threw in a gesture of sadness
and
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away
away
away
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so I had the most profound encounters
so I had the most profound encounters
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with people especially lonely people who
with people especially lonely people who
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looked like they hadn't talked to anyone
looked like they hadn't talked to anyone
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in weeks
in weeks
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and we would get this beautiful moment
and we would get this beautiful moment
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of prolonged eye contact being allowed
of prolonged eye contact being allowed
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in a city street and we would sort of
in a city street and we would sort of
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fall in love a little bit and my eyes
fall in love a little bit and my eyes
would
would
would
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say thank you I see you and their eyes
say thank you I see you and their eyes
would
would
would
say
say
say
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nobody ever sees
nobody ever sees
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me thank
me thank
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you and I would get harassed sometimes
you and I would get harassed sometimes
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people would yell at me from their
people would yell at me from their
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passing cars get a
passing cars get a
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job and I'd be like this is my job um
job and I'd be like this is my job um
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but it it hurt because it made me fear
but it it hurt because it made me fear
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that I was somehow doing something
that I was somehow doing something
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unjo and unfair
unjo and unfair
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shameful I had no idea how perfect real
shameful I had no idea how perfect real
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education I was getting for the music
education I was getting for the music
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business on this box and for the
business on this box and for the
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economists out there you may be
economists out there you may be
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interested to know I actually made a
interested to know I actually made a
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pretty predictable income which was
pretty predictable income which was
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shocking to me given I had no regular
shocking to me given I had no regular
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customers but pretty much 60 bucks on a
customers but pretty much 60 bucks on a
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Tuesday 90 bucks on a Friday it was
Tuesday 90 bucks on a Friday it was
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consistent and meanwhile I was touring
consistent and meanwhile I was touring
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locally and playing in nightclubs with
locally and playing in nightclubs with
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my band the dress and Dolls this was Me
my band the dress and Dolls this was Me
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on piano a genius drummer I wrote the
on piano a genius drummer I wrote the
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songs and eventually we started making
songs and eventually we started making
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enough money that I could quit being a
enough money that I could quit being a
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statue and as we started touring I
statue and as we started touring I
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really didn't want to lose this sense of
really didn't want to lose this sense of
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direct connection with people because I
direct connection with people because I
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loved it so after all of our shows we
loved it so after all of our shows we
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would sign autographs and hug fans and
would sign autographs and hug fans and
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hang out and talk to people and we made
hang out and talk to people and we made
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an art out of asking people to help us
an art out of asking people to help us
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and join us and I would track down local
and join us and I would track down local
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musicians and artists and they would set
musicians and artists and they would set
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up outside of our shows and they would
up outside of our shows and they would
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pass the hat and then they would come
pass the hat and then they would come
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and join us on stage so we had this like
and join us on stage so we had this like
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rotating smorgus Board of weird random
rotating smorgus Board of weird random
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circus guests and then Twitter came
circus guests and then Twitter came
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along and made things even more magic
along and made things even more magic
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because I could ask instantly for
because I could ask instantly for
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anything anywhere so I would need a
anything anywhere so I would need a
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piano to practice on and an hour later I
piano to practice on and an hour later I
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would be at a Fan's house this is in
would be at a Fan's house this is in
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London people would bring home-cooked
London people would bring home-cooked
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food to us all over the world backstage
food to us all over the world backstage
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and feed us and eat with us this is in
and feed us and eat with us this is in
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Seattle fans who worked in museums and
Seattle fans who worked in museums and
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stores and and any kind of public space
stores and and any kind of public space
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would wave their hands if I would decide
would wave their hands if I would decide
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to do a last minute spontaneous free gig
to do a last minute spontaneous free gig
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this is a library in
this is a library in
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Auckland on Saturday I tweeted for this
Auckland on Saturday I tweeted for this
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crate and hat because I did not want to
crate and hat because I did not want to
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shle them from the east coast and they
shle them from the east coast and they
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showed up care of this dude Chris from
showed up care of this dude Chris from
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Newport Beach who says
Newport Beach who says
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hello I once tweeted where in Melbourne
hello I once tweeted where in Melbourne
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can I buy a nety pot and a nurse from a
can I buy a nety pot and a nurse from a
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hospital drove one right at that moment
hospital drove one right at that moment
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to the cafe I was in and I bought her a
to the cafe I was in and I bought her a
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smoothie and we sat there talking about
smoothie and we sat there talking about
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nursing and death and I love this kind
nursing and death and I love this kind
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of random closeness which is lucky
of random closeness which is lucky
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because I do a lot of couch
because I do a lot of couch
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surfing in mansions where everyone on my
surfing in mansions where everyone on my
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crew gets their own room but there's no
crew gets their own room but there's no
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Wireless and in Punk squats everyone on
Wireless and in Punk squats everyone on
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the floor in one room with no toilets
the floor in one room with no toilets
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but with wireless clearly making it the
but with wireless clearly making it the
better
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option my crew once pulled our van up to
option my crew once pulled our van up to
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a really
a really
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poor Miami neighborhood and we found out
poor Miami neighborhood and we found out
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that our couch surfing host for the
that our couch surfing host for the
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night was an 18-year-old girl still
night was an 18-year-old girl still
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living at home and her family were all
living at home and her family were all
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undocumented immigrants from Honduras
undocumented immigrants from Honduras
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and that night her whole family took the
and that night her whole family took the
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couches and she slept together with her
couches and she slept together with her
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mom so that we could take their
mom so that we could take their
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beds and I lay there
beds and I lay there
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thinking these people have so
thinking these people have so
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little is this
little is this
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fair and in the morning her mom taught
fair and in the morning her mom taught
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us how to try to make tortillas and
us how to try to make tortillas and
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wanted to give me a Bible and she took
wanted to give me a Bible and she took
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me aside and she said to me in her
me aside and she said to me in her
broken
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English your
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music has helped my daughter so
music has helped my daughter so
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much thank you for staying here we're
much thank you for staying here we're
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we're all so
we're all so
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grateful and I thought this is fair this
grateful and I thought this is fair this
is
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this a couple months later I was in
this a couple months later I was in
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Manhattan and I tweeted for a crash pad
Manhattan and I tweeted for a crash pad
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and at midnight I'm ringing a doorbell
and at midnight I'm ringing a doorbell
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on the Lower East Side and it occurs to
on the Lower East Side and it occurs to
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me I've never actually done this alone
me I've never actually done this alone
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I've always been with my band or my crew
I've always been with my band or my crew
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is this what stupid people
is this what stupid people
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do is this how stupid people die and
do is this how stupid people die and
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before I can changed my mind the door
before I can changed my mind the door
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bus open she's an artist he's a
bus open she's an artist he's a
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financial blogger for Reuters and
financial blogger for Reuters and
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they're pouring me a glass of red wine
they're pouring me a glass of red wine
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and offering me a bath and I have had
and offering me a bath and I have had
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thousands of nights like that and like
thousands of nights like that and like
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that so I couch surf a lot I also crowd
that so I couch surf a lot I also crowd
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surf a lot I
surf a lot I
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maintain couch surfing and crowd surfing
maintain couch surfing and crowd surfing
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are basically the same thing you're
are basically the same thing you're
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falling into the audience and you're
falling into the audience and you're
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trusting each other I once asked an
trusting each other I once asked an
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opening band of mine if they wanted to
opening band of mine if they wanted to
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go out into the crowd and pass the hat
go out into the crowd and pass the hat
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to get themselves some extra money
to get themselves some extra money
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something that I did a lot and as usual
something that I did a lot and as usual
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the band was psyched but there was this
the band was psyched but there was this
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one guy in the band who told me he just
one guy in the band who told me he just
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couldn't bring himself to go out there
couldn't bring himself to go out there
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it felt too much like B begging to stand
it felt too much like B begging to stand
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there with the hat and I recognized his
there with the hat and I recognized his
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fear of is this fair and get a
fear of is this fair and get a
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job and Meanwhile my band is becoming
job and Meanwhile my band is becoming
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bigger and bigger we sign with a major
bigger and bigger we sign with a major
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label and our music is a cross between
label and our music is a cross between
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Punk and Cabaret it's not for everybody
Punk and Cabaret it's not for everybody
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but well maybe it's for
but well maybe it's for
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you we sign and our there's all this
you we sign and our there's all this
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hype leading up to our next record it
hype leading up to our next record it
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comes out and it sells about 25,000
comes out and it sells about 25,000
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copies in the first few weeks and the
copies in the first few weeks and the
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label considers this a
label considers this a
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failure and I was like 25,000 isn't that
failure and I was like 25,000 isn't that
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a lot they were like no the sales are
a lot they were like no the sales are
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going down it's a failure and they walk
going down it's a failure and they walk
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off right at the same time I'm signing
off right at the same time I'm signing
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and hugging after a gig and a guy comes
and hugging after a gig and a guy comes
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up to me and hands me a $10 bill and he
up to me and hands me a $10 bill and he
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friend
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I but I I read your blog I know you hate
I but I I read your blog I know you hate
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your label I just want you to have this
your label I just want you to have this
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money and this starts happening all the
money and this starts happening all the
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time I become the Hat after my own gigs
time I become the Hat after my own gigs
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but I have to physically stand there and
but I have to physically stand there and
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take the help from people and unlike the
take the help from people and unlike the
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guy in the opening band I've actually
guy in the opening band I've actually
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had a lot of practice standing
had a lot of practice standing
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there thank you and this is the moment I
there thank you and this is the moment I
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decide I'm just going to give away my
decide I'm just going to give away my
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music for free online whenever possible
music for free online whenever possible
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so it's like Metallica over here Napster
so it's like Metallica over here Napster
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bad Amanda Palmer over here and I'm
bad Amanda Palmer over here and I'm
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going to encourage torrenting
going to encourage torrenting
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downloading sharing but I'm going to ask
downloading sharing but I'm going to ask
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for help because I saw it work on the
for help because I saw it work on the
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street so I fought my way off my label
street so I fought my way off my label
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and for my next projects with my new
and for my next projects with my new
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band The Grand Theft Orchestra I turned
band The Grand Theft Orchestra I turned
to
to
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crowdfunding and I fell into those
crowdfunding and I fell into those
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thousands of connections that I'd made
thousands of connections that I'd made
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and I asked asked my crowd to catch
and I asked asked my crowd to catch
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me and the goal was
me and the goal was
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$100,000 my fans backed me at nearly 1.2
$100,000 my fans backed me at nearly 1.2
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million which was the biggest music
million which was the biggest music
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see how many people it
see how many people it
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is it's about 25,000
is it's about 25,000
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people and the media asked Amanda the
people and the media asked Amanda the
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music business is tanking and you
music business is tanking and you
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encourage piracy how did you make all
encourage piracy how did you make all
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these people pay for music and the real
these people pay for music and the real
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answer is I didn't make them I asked
answer is I didn't make them I asked
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them and through the very Act of asking
them and through the very Act of asking
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people I'd connected with them and when
people I'd connected with them and when
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you connect with them people want to
you connect with them people want to
help
help
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you it's kind of counterintuitive for a
you it's kind of counterintuitive for a
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lot of artists they don't want to ask
lot of artists they don't want to ask
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for things
for things
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but it's not it's not easy it's not easy
but it's not it's not easy it's not easy
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to ask and a lot of artists have a
to ask and a lot of artists have a
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problem with this asking makes you
problem with this asking makes you
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vulnerable and I got a lot of criticism
vulnerable and I got a lot of criticism
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online after my Kickstarter went big for
online after my Kickstarter went big for
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continuing my crazy crowdsourcing
continuing my crazy crowdsourcing
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practices specifically for asking
practices specifically for asking
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musicians who are fans if they wanted to
musicians who are fans if they wanted to
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join us on stage for a few songs in
join us on stage for a few songs in
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exchange for love and tickets and beer
exchange for love and tickets and beer
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and this was a doctored image that went
and this was a doctored image that went
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up of me on a website and this hurt in a
up of me on a website and this hurt in a
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really familiar way the people saying
really familiar way the people saying
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you're not allowed anymore to ask for
you're not allowed anymore to ask for
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that kind of help really reminded me of
that kind of help really reminded me of
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the people in their cars yelling get a
the people in their cars yelling get a
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job because they weren't with us on the
job because they weren't with us on the
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sidewalk and they couldn't see the
sidewalk and they couldn't see the
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exchange that was happening between me
exchange that was happening between me
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and my crowd an exchange that was very
and my crowd an exchange that was very
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fair to us but alien to
fair to us but alien to
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them so this is slightly not safe for
them so this is slightly not safe for
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work this is my Kickstarter backer party
work this is my Kickstarter backer party
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in Berlin at the end end of the night I
in Berlin at the end end of the night I
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stripped and let everyone draw on
stripped and let everyone draw on
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me now let me tell you if you want to
me now let me tell you if you want to
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experience the visceral feeling of
experience the visceral feeling of
trusting
trusting
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strangers I recommend this especially if
strangers I recommend this especially if
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those strangers are drunk German
those strangers are drunk German
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people this was a Ninja Master Level fan
people this was a Ninja Master Level fan
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connection because what I was really
connection because what I was really
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saying here was I trust you this
saying here was I trust you this
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much should
much should
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I show
I show
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me for most of human history musicians
me for most of human history musicians
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artists they've been part of the
artists they've been part of the
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community connectors and and openers not
community connectors and and openers not
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Untouchable Stars celebrity is about a
Untouchable Stars celebrity is about a
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lot of people loving you from a distance
lot of people loving you from a distance
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but the internet and the content that
but the internet and the content that
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we're freely able to share on it are
we're freely able to share on it are
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taking us back it's about a few people
taking us back it's about a few people
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loving you up close and about those
loving you up close and about those
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people being enough
people being enough
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so a lot of people are confused by the
so a lot of people are confused by the
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idea of no hard sticker price they see
idea of no hard sticker price they see
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it as an unpredictable risk but the
it as an unpredictable risk but the
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things I've done the kickstarter the
things I've done the kickstarter the
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street the doorbell I don't see these
street the doorbell I don't see these
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things as risk I see them as trust now
things as risk I see them as trust now
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the online tools to make the exchange as
the online tools to make the exchange as
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easy and as instinctive as the street
easy and as instinctive as the street
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they're getting there but the perfect
they're getting there but the perfect
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tools aren't going to help us if we
tools aren't going to help us if we
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can't face each other and give and
can't face each other and give and
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receive fearlessly but more
receive fearlessly but more
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important to ask without
important to ask without
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shame my music career has been spent
shame my music career has been spent
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trying to encounter people on the
trying to encounter people on the
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internet the way I could on the box so
internet the way I could on the box so
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blogging and tweeting not just about my
blogging and tweeting not just about my
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tour dates and my new video but about
tour dates and my new video but about
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our work and our art and our fears and
our work and our art and our fears and
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our hangovers our mistakes and we see
our hangovers our mistakes and we see
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each other and I think when we really
each other and I think when we really
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see each other we want to help each
see each other we want to help each
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other I think people have been obsessed
other I think people have been obsessed
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with the wrong question which is how do
with the wrong question which is how do
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we make people pay for
we make people pay for
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music what if we started
music what if we started
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you
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