About money, talent, and art; and a clear example of all this
May, 06; 2024. By Arscodex
At this time we will debate a matter that is of interest to you; These are certain considerations related to money and talent in the context of artistic creation. As will be seen later, the conclusion is that money is important but that to carry out an artistic collaboration there is a component of talent that if it is not met, the collaboration will not be able to happen, regardless of the money that can be contributed for it.
It is not a complicated thing to understand; In music today we see how various artists make specific collaborations and that, as can be seen, they are normally artists "of the same stature", "of the same category". Yes, the money that can be contributed from one side or the other, or the agreements that the record labels or representatives of the artists can reach are very good, but if there is no affinity of talent, the collaboration simply will not happen.
So to speak, money is important, yes, we are all very clear about that; But at certain levels, even if there is money, if there is no talent or affinity, so to speak, the money becomes irrelevant, it stops having importance and is of no use.
To give a very clear example we can mention the film musician John Williams, composer of some of the best soundtracks for certain films, let's leave it there. To hire the services of this musician, you can come and offer him 20 million dollars but, what happens, nothing happens, it turns out that the musician has an estimated net worth of 300 million dollars and that he charges a fortune monthly for rights to his music per which for this person (and we want to send him a warm greeting from here, if he reads us, at least in correspondence for having mentioned him), 20 million in cash means nothing.
There has to be artistic affinity or talent. And if there isn't, the millions don't matter. This is so, so, as a recommendation, which has already been given here before, to aspiring artists of all kinds, we recommend focusing on talent rather than on "millions", not to worry that "millions" accompany talent, and that, certainly, the world is capricious as we all know, so if we prove that we do not have this talent, after a while we can dedicate ourselves to something else and just as happy (but without "millions", heh, he he).
Anyway, this is the thing, at a certain point, money is irrelevant and you need artistic affinity/talent to be able to carry out a collaboration or hire the services of certain established artists.
It is not a complicated thing to understand; In music today we see how various artists make specific collaborations and that, as can be seen, they are normally artists "of the same stature", "of the same category". Yes, the money that can be contributed from one side or the other, or the agreements that the record labels or representatives of the artists can reach are very good, but if there is no affinity of talent, the collaboration simply will not happen.
So to speak, money is important, yes, we are all very clear about that; But at certain levels, even if there is money, if there is no talent or affinity, so to speak, the money becomes irrelevant, it stops having importance and is of no use.
To give a very clear example we can mention the film musician John Williams, composer of some of the best soundtracks for certain films, let's leave it there. To hire the services of this musician, you can come and offer him 20 million dollars but, what happens, nothing happens, it turns out that the musician has an estimated net worth of 300 million dollars and that he charges a fortune monthly for rights to his music per which for this person (and we want to send him a warm greeting from here, if he reads us, at least in correspondence for having mentioned him), 20 million in cash means nothing.
There has to be artistic affinity or talent. And if there isn't, the millions don't matter. This is so, so, as a recommendation, which has already been given here before, to aspiring artists of all kinds, we recommend focusing on talent rather than on "millions", not to worry that "millions" accompany talent, and that, certainly, the world is capricious as we all know, so if we prove that we do not have this talent, after a while we can dedicate ourselves to something else and just as happy (but without "millions", heh, he he).
Anyway, this is the thing, at a certain point, money is irrelevant and you need artistic affinity/talent to be able to carry out a collaboration or hire the services of certain established artists.
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