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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.10,0:00:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Breathes in)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.38,0:00:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Breathes out)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.01,0:00:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I didn't always make\Nmy living from music.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.86,0:00:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For about the five years after graduating
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.89,0:00:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an upstanding\Nliberal arts university,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.02,0:00:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was my day job.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.87,0:00:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.10,0:00:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a self-employed living\Nstatue called the Eight-Foot Bride,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.67,0:00:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I love telling people\NI did this for a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.41,0:00:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody always wants to know,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.40,0:00:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are these freaks in real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.38,0:00:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.40,0:00:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.89,0:00:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I painted myself white\None day, stood on a box,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.07,0:00:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put a hat or a can at my feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.48,0:00:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when someone came by\Nand dropped in money,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.83,0:00:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I handed them a flower --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.91,0:01:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some intense eye contact.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.99,0:01:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if they didn't take the flower,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.71,0:01:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I threw in a gesture\Nof sadness and longing --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.76,0:01:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they walked away.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.94,0:01:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.64,0:01:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had the most profound\Nencounters with people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.64,0:01:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially lonely people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.97,0:01:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who looked like they hadn't talked\Nto anyone in weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.32,0:01:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would get this beautiful moment\Nof prolonged eye contact
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.31,0:01:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being allowed in a city street,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.63,0:01:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would sort of fall\Nin love a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.94,0:01:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my eyes would say --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.43,0:01:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.03,0:01:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.92,0:01:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And their eyes would say --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.33,0:01:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nobody ever sees me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.90,0:01:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.91,0:01:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would get harassed sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.42,0:01:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would yell at me from their cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.50,0:01:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Get a job!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.15,0:01:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughing) And I'd be, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.21,0:01:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is my job."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.04,0:02:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it hurt, because it made me fear
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.77,0:02:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was somehow doing\Nsomething un-joblike
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.03,0:02:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unfair, shameful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.15,0:02:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea how perfect\Na real education I was getting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.02,0:02:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the music business on this box.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.76,0:02:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the economists out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.35,0:02:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may be interested to know I actually\Nmade a pretty predictable income,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.96,0:02:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was shocking to me,\Ngiven I had no regular customers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.17,0:02:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but pretty much 60 bucks on a Tuesday,\N90 bucks on a Friday.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.46,0:02:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was consistent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.74,0:02:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And meanwhile, I was touring locally\Nand playing in nightclubs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.23,0:02:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my band, the Dresden Dolls.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.09,0:02:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was me on piano, a genius drummer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.19,0:02:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote the songs, and eventually
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.10,0:02:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started making enough money\Nthat I could quit being a statue,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.49,0:02:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as we started touring,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.75,0:02:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really didn't want to lose this sense
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.12,0:02:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of direct connection with people,\Nbecause I loved it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.82,0:02:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after all of our shows,\Nwe would sign autographs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.78,0:03:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hug fans and hang out\Nand talk to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.69,0:03:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we made an art out\Nof asking people to help us and join us,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.38,0:03:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would track down\Nlocal musicians and artists
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.53,0:03:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would set up\Noutside of our shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.72,0:03:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would pass the hat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.21,0:03:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they would come in\Nand join us onstage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.71,0:03:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we had this rotating smorgasbord\Nof weird, random circus guests.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.72,0:03:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then Twitter came along,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.22,0:03:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made things even more magic,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.28,0:03:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I could ask instantly\Nfor anything anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.04,0:03:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would need a piano to practice on,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.10,0:03:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an hour later I would be\Nat a fan's house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.39,0:03:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.83,0:03:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would bring home-cooked food to us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.94,0:03:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the world backstage\Nand feed us and eat with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.68,0:03:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is in Seattle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.08,0:03:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fans who worked in museums and stores
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.71,0:03:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and any kind of public space\Nwould wave their hands
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.92,0:03:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I would decide to do\Na last-minute, spontaneous, free gig.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.18,0:03:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a library in Auckland.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.60,0:03:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Saturday I tweeted\Nfor this crate and hat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.08,0:04:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I did not want to schlep them\Nfrom the East Coast,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.86,0:04:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they showed up care of this dude,\NChris, from Newport Beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.91,0:04:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who says hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.64,0:04:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I once tweeted, "Where in Melbourne\Ncan I buy a neti pot?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.35,0:04:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a nurse from a hospital drove one
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.88,0:04:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right at that moment to the cafe I was in,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.15,0:04:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I bought her a smoothie
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.62,0:04:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we sat there talking\Nabout nursing and death.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.18,0:04:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I love this kind of random closeness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.24,0:04:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is lucky, because I do\Na lot of couchsurfing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.93,0:04:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In mansions where everyone\Nin my crew gets their own room
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.04,0:04:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's no wireless,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.32,0:04:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in punk squats,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.88,0:04:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone on the floor\Nin one room with no toilets
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.84,0:04:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with wireless,\Nclearly making it the better option.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.65,0:04:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.100,0:04:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My crew once pulled our van\Nup to a really poor Miami neighborhood
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.09,0:04:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we found out that our couchsurfing\Nhost for the night
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.80,0:04:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was an 18-year-old girl,\Nstill living at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.38,0:04:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her family were all undocumented\Nimmigrants from Honduras.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.01,0:05:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that night, her whole family
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.41,0:05:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took the couches and she slept\Ntogether with her mom
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.48,0:05:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we could take their beds.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.04,0:05:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I lay there thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.88,0:05:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these people have so little.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.67,0:05:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this fair?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.77,0:05:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.11,0:05:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her mom taught us\Nhow to try to make tortillas
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.46,0:05:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wanted to give me a Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.46,0:05:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she took me aside and she said\Nto me in her broken English,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.05,0:05:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your music has helped\Nmy daughter so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.58,0:05:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for staying here.\NWe're all so grateful."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.89,0:05:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, this is fair.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.18,0:05:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.30,0:05:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of months later,\NI was in Manhattan,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.25,0:05:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I tweeted for a crash pad,\Nand at midnight,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.54,0:05:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm on the Lower East Side,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.34,0:05:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it occurs to me I've never\Nactually done this alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.13,0:05:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always been with my band or my crew.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.11,0:05:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this what stupid people do?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.41,0:05:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.94,0:05:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this how stupid people die?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.34,0:06:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And before I can change my mind,\Nthe door busts open.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.89,0:06:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.95,0:06:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a financial blogger for Reuters,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.29,0:06:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're pouring me a glass of red wine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.33,0:06:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and offering me a bath,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.50,0:06:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have had thousands of nights\Nlike that and like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.81,0:06:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I couchsurf a lot.\NI also crowdsurf a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.85,0:06:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I maintain couchsurfing and crowdsurfing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.81,0:06:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are basically the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.06,0:06:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're falling into the audience
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.56,0:06:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're trusting each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.43,0:06:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I once asked an opening band of mine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.72,0:06:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they wanted to go out\Ninto the crowd and pass the hat
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.41,0:06:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get some extra money,\Nsomething that I did a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.12,0:06:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as usual, the band was psyched,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.93,0:06:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there was this one guy in the band
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.13,0:06:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who told me he just couldn't\Nbring himself to go out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.01,0:06:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt too much like begging\Nto stand there with the hat.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.21,0:06:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I recognized his fear
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.85,0:06:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of "Is this fair?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.96,0:06:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "Get a job."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.76,0:06:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And meanwhile, my band\Nis becoming bigger and bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.86,0:07:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sign with a major label.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.01,0:07:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our music is a cross\Nbetween punk and cabaret.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.95,0:07:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.36,0:07:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, maybe it's for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.81,0:07:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.91,0:07:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sign, and there's all this hype\Nleading up to our next record.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.73,0:07:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it comes out and it sells\Nabout 25,000 copies
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.43,0:07:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the first few weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.74,0:07:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the label considers this a failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.71,0:07:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, "25,000, isn't that a lot?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.62,0:07:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, "No, the sales are going down.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.61,0:07:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a failure."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.65,0:07:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they walk off.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.58,0:07:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right at this same time,\NI'm signing and hugging after a gig,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.96,0:07:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a guy comes up to me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.75,0:07:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hands me a $10 bill,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.96,0:07:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.64,0:07:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm sorry, I burned\Nyour CD from a friend."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.48,0:07:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.32,0:07:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But I read your blog,\NI know you hate your label.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.85,0:07:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want you to have this money."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.73,0:07:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this starts happening all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.22,0:07:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I become the hat after my own gigs,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.69,0:08:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I have to physically stand there\Nand take the help from people,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.98,0:08:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unlike the guy in the opening band,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.18,0:08:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've actually had a lot\Nof practice standing there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.77,0:08:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.33,0:08:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the moment I decide
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.48,0:08:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just going to give away\Nmy music for free
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.37,0:08:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,online whenever possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.11,0:08:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's like Metallica\Nover here, Napster, bad;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.59,0:08:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amanda Palmer over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.28,0:08:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to encourage\Ntorrenting, downloading, sharing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.58,0:08:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm going to ask for help,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.70,0:08:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I saw it work on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.100,0:08:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I fought my way off my label,\Nand for my next project
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.93,0:08:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my new band,\Nthe Grand Theft Orchestra,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.63,0:08:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I turned to crowdfunding.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.36,0:08:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I fell into those thousands\Nof connections that I'd made,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.53,0:08:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I asked my crowd to catch me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.79,0:08:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the goal was 100,000 dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.66,0:08:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fans backed me at nearly 1.2 million,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.20,0:08:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the biggest music\Ncrowdfunding project to date.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.10,0:09:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.19,0:09:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can see how many people it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.86,0:09:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about 25,000 people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.24,0:09:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the media asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.73,0:09:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Amanda, the music business is tanking\Nand you encourage piracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.21,0:09:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did you make\Nall these people pay for music?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.57,0:09:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the real answer is,\NI didn't make them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.40,0:09:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.26,0:09:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through the very act of asking people,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.12,0:09:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd connected with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.84,0:09:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you connect with them,\Npeople want to help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.100,0:09:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of counterintuitive\Nfor a lot of artists.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.76,0:09:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't want to ask for things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.46,0:09:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.13,0:09:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not easy to ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.12,0:09:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of artists have\Na problem with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.32,0:09:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Asking makes you vulnerable.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.61,0:09:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got a lot of criticism online,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.16,0:09:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after my Kickstarter went big,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.78,0:09:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for continuing my crazy\Ncrowdsourcing practices,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.74,0:09:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifically for asking musicians
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.62,0:10:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are fans if they wanted\Nto join us on stage
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.100,0:10:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a few songs in exchange\Nfor love and tickets and beer,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.31,0:10:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this was a doctored image\Nthat went up of me on a website.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.34,0:10:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this hurt in a really familiar way.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.96,0:10:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.68,0:10:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're not allowed anymore\Nto ask for that kind of help,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.74,0:10:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really reminded me of the people\Nin their cars yelling, "Get a job."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.85,0:10:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they weren't\Nwith us on the sidewalk,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.98,0:10:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they couldn't see the exchange
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.23,0:10:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was happening\Nbetween me and my crowd,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.30,0:10:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an exchange that was very fair\Nto us but alien to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.95,0:10:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is slightly not safe for work.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.100,0:10:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my Kickstarter\Nbacker party in Berlin.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.58,0:10:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the night, I stripped\Nand let everyone draw on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.64,0:10:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let me tell you,\Nif you want to experience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.66,0:10:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the visceral feeling\Nof trusting strangers --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.15,0:10:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.62,0:10:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recommend this,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.84,0:10:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially if those strangers\Nare drunk German people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.20,0:11:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.14,0:11:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a ninja\Nmaster-level fan connection,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.98,0:11:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what I was really saying here was,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.50,0:11:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I trust you this much.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.10,0:11:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should I?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.98,0:11:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.22,0:11:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For most of human history,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.26,0:11:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,musicians, artists, they've been\Npart of the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.62,0:11:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Connectors and openers,\Nnot untouchable stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.83,0:11:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Celebrity is about a lot of people\Nloving you from a distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.18,0:11:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.34,0:11:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the content that we're freely\Nable to share on it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.97,0:11:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are taking us back.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.74,0:11:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about a few people\Nloving you up close
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.45,0:11:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about those people being enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.00,0:11:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a lot of people\Nare confused by the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.15,0:11:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of no hard sticker price.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.47,0:11:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They see it as an unpredictable risk,\Nbut the things I've done,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.69,0:11:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Kickstarter, the street, the doorbell,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.10,0:11:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see these things as risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.96,0:11:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see them as trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.08,0:12:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the online tools
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.09,0:12:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make the exchange as easy\Nand as instinctive as the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.86,0:12:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're getting there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.60,0:12:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the perfect tools\Naren't going to help us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.20,0:12:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we can't face each other
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.67,0:12:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give and receive fearlessly,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.73,0:12:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, more important --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.63,0:12:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask without shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.96,0:12:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My music career has been spent
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.60,0:12:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to encounter people on the Internet\Nthe way I could on the box.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.00,0:12:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So blogging and tweeting\Nnot just about my tour dates
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.52,0:12:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my new video\Nbut about our work and our art
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.11,0:12:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our fears and our hangovers,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.25,0:12:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our mistakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.69,0:12:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.94,0:12:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think when we really see each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.56,0:12:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to help each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.76,0:12:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think people have been obsessed\Nwith the wrong question,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.93,0:12:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is, "How do we make\Npeople pay for music?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.82,0:13:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we started asking,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.65,0:13:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How do we let people pay for music?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.53,0:13:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.70,0:13:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)