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"Ask attendees what they most remember about the TED 2013 conference, wrapping up Friday in Long Beach, and here's one of the most frequent answers you'll get: Amanda Palmer.\nThe former Dresden Dolls singer is the first to admit, as she does in her TED talk, above, that her punk cabaret music isn't for everyone. But Palmer did pluck some universally applicable lessons from her performance art career \u2014 about encountering strangers, dealing with commercially-minded managers, and how to get people to pay for something they can get for nothing.\nIn short: don't make them, ask them.\nThe Dresden Doll's first album for a major label was considered a failure by the music business because it sold \"just\" 25,000 copies. So Palmer started giving her music away for free, and launched a Kickstarter which raised more than $1 million \u2014 from around 25,000 backers.\nAs instructive as that is, there's nothing to match the intimate moments Palmer describes \u2014 such as the fan who handed her a $10 bill and apologized for ripping her CD from a friend. \nCreatives of all stripes, take note.\nAfter her well-received talk, Palmer sung two songs on stage during the conference (and many more off stage). The first, also good advice for attendees, was the Ukulele Anthem. Check it out:\n\nThumbnail photo courtesy TED, James Duncan Davidson"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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