&gt; This approach does not apply to most artists. Nobody is going to pay an author a full-time salary to write new books just for them, or a musician to make new music just for them.<p>That&#x27;s exactly how it worked before invention of phonograph.<p>&gt; The better option for most artists is to invest in creating the best work they can and sell it for commodity prices to a lot of people.<p>That&#x27;s absolutely absurd. For one person that strikes gold and makes comfy living, five will make some living and hundreds will have no money from their creative bets. Create something in hope someone will buy it is most of the time very inefficient way to attempt to make money. It&#x27;s way easier to find people who will buy your stuff and make it for them.