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kgwxdtoday at 11:04 AM1 replyview on HN

Those are more like live appearances. Basically them doing stuff while a DJ plays a recording of a song the "artist" probably had 1% part in writing. Expensive karaoke. The actual musicians of the world lose money doing live performances these days.


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carlosjobimtoday at 12:01 PM

The "artist" has quite a difficult job as well, even with the machine behind them doing a lot of the creative and practical work.

They have to dedicate a decade or more of their life at a prime age to the character - selling their soul if you will. And not going nuts in the process. Fame and extreme fame would turn any normal person crazy. But you don't have the option of withdrawing, because you have this army of other people depending on you, among other things.

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