{"id":5370,"date":"2013-08-11T10:53:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T10:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=5370"},"modified":"2013-08-11T12:15:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T12:15:35","slug":"vlog-bobby-and-hans-a-tribute-to-amanda-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2013\/08\/11\/vlog-bobby-and-hans-a-tribute-to-amanda-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlog- Bobby and Hans, a tribute to Amanda Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hans Gal and Robert Schuman. A tribute to Amanda Palmer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z3wbHYNhq7Q?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In preparing for this vlog, it&#8217;s been really interesting to see just how selective coverage of Amanda Palmer&#8217;s &#8220;not paying the musicians&#8221; coverage has been. First, agree with her or not, she does seem to have a philosophical basis for her original decision to ask people to volunteer, nicely outlined in her famous TED talk (when are they going to let me give one of these talks?:) )<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xMj_P_6H69g\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It sounds a lot like her real mistake was not realizing how differently everyone sees you and interprets your actions when they consider you to be rich. I remember when I was about to &#8220;come out&#8221; as a conductor- a violinist friend of mine wisely warned me that for many people, once they see you as an authority figure, they can&#8217;t see you as a human being any more. Anyway, not paying the players when you can (or when people assume you can) is always a bad idea.<\/p>\n<p>What I like about Amanda Palmer is her willingness to speak truth to power while simultaneously channeling the spirit of Tom Lehrer. (Would TL ever have dropped the kimono?)<\/p>\n<p>(Warning- Contains nudity)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dear Daily Mail. Sincerely, Amanda Palmer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RRWp4B0qsW8?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Read more from the Guardian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2013\/jun\/22\/amanda-palmer-visionary-egotist-interview\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2013\/jun\/22\/amanda-palmer-visionary-egotist-interview\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/us-news-blog\/2013\/jul\/13\/amanda-palmer-song-daily-mail-breast-bra\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>. An extended piece in the New Yorker (less positive) is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/culture\/2012\/10\/amanda-palmers-kickstarter-scandal.html\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support the Gal\/Schumann campaign here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/project\/425443\/widget\/3487065\" height=\"486\" width=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2013\/08\/11\/vlog-bobby-and-hans-a-tribute-to-amanda-palmer\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparing for this vlog, it&#8217;s been really interesting to see just how selective coverage of Amanda Palmer&#8217;s &#8220;not paying the musicians&#8221; coverage has been. First, agree with her or not, she does seem to have a philosophical basis for her original decision to ask people to volunteer, nicely outlined in her famous TED talk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-opion-life-as-a-performing-musician"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5370"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5374,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370\/revisions\/5374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}