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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.10,0:00:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Breathes in, breathes out)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.44,0:00:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I didn't always make my living from music.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.48,0:00:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For about the five years after graduating
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.65,0:00:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an upstanding liberal arts university,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.02,0:00:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was my day job.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.10,0:00:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a self-employed living statue called the 8-Foot Bride,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.67,0:00:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I love telling people l did this for a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.24,0:00:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody always wants to know,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.27,0:00:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are these freaks in real life?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.40,0:00:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.21,0:00:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I painted myself white one day, stood on a box,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.07,0:00:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put a hat or a can at my feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.48,0:00:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when someone came by and dropped in money,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.68,0:01:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I handed them a flower and some intense eye contact.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.74,0:01:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if they didn't take the flower,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.21,0:01:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I threw in a gesture of sadness and longing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.67,0:01:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they walked away.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.74,0:01:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.06,0:01:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had the most profound encounters with people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.38,0:01:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially lonely people who looked
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.25,0:01:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like they hadn't talked to anyone in weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.34,0:01:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would get this beautiful moment
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.12,0:01:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of prolonged eye contact being allowed in a city street,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.63,0:01:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would sort of fall in love a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.00,0:01:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my eyes would say, "Thank you. I see you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.77,0:01:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And their eyes would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.29,0:01:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nobody ever sees me. Thank you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.48,0:01:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would get harassed sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.36,0:01:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would yell at me from their passing cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.32,0:01:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Get a job!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.60,0:02:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd be, like, "This is my job."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.04,0:02:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it hurt, because it made me fear
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.77,0:02:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was somehow doing something un-joblike
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.43,0:02:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unfair, shameful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.89,0:02:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea how perfect a real education I was getting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.02,0:02:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the music business on this box.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.76,0:02:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the economists out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.25,0:02:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may be interested to know I actually made a pretty predictable income,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.86,0:02:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was shocking to me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.56,0:02:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given I had no regular customers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.17,0:02:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but pretty much 60 bucks on a Tuesday, 90 bucks on a Friday.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.46,0:02:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was consistent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.100,0:02:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And meanwhile, I was touring locally
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.49,0:02:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and playing in nightclubs with my band, the Dresden Dolls.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.59,0:02:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was me on piano, a genius drummer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.07,0:02:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote the songs, and eventually
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.10,0:02:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started making enough money that I could quit being a statue,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.09,0:02:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as we started touring,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.44,0:02:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really didn't want to lose this sense
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.56,0:02:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of direct connection with people, because I loved it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.82,0:02:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after all of our shows, we would sign autographs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.01,0:03:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hug fans and hang out and talk to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.25,0:03:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we made an art out of asking people to help us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.31,0:03:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join us, and I would track down local musicians
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.97,0:03:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and artists and they would set up outside of our shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.29,0:03:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would pass the hat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.95,0:03:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they would come in and join us onstage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.50,0:03:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we had this rotating smorgasbord of weird, random circus guests.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.33,0:03:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then Twitter came along,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.22,0:03:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made things even more magic, because I could ask
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.57,0:03:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instantly for anything anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.04,0:03:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would need a piano to practice on,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.10,0:03:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an hour later I would be at a fan's house. This is in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.31,0:03:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would bring home-cooked food to us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.80,0:03:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the world backstage and feed us and eat with us. This is in Seattle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.63,0:03:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fans who worked in museums and stores
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.33,0:03:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and any kind of public space would wave their hands
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.61,0:03:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I would decide to do a last-minute, spontaneous, free gig.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.18,0:03:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a library in Auckland.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.30,0:03:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Saturday I tweeted for this crate and hat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.16,0:03:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I did not want to schlep them from the East Coast,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.100,0:04:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they showed up care of this dude, Chris
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.75,0:04:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Newport Beach, who says hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.37,0:04:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I once tweeted, where in Melbourne can I buy a neti pot?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.09,0:04:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a nurse from a hospital drove one
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.88,0:04:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right at that moment to the cafe I was in,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.85,0:04:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I bought her a smoothie
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.25,0:04:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we sat there talking about nursing and death.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.18,0:04:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I love this kind of random closeness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.98,0:04:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is lucky, because I do a lot of couchsurfing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.89,0:04:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In mansions where everyone in my crew gets their own room
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.88,0:04:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's no wireless, and in punk squats,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.66,0:04:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone on the floor in one room with no toilets
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.84,0:04:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with wireless, clearly making it the better option.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.65,0:04:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.58,0:04:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My crew once pulled our van
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.98,0:04:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to a really poor Miami neighborhood
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.93,0:04:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we found out that our couchsurfing host for the night
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.36,0:04:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was an 18-year-old girl, still living at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.38,0:04:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her family were all undocumented immigrants from Honduras.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.01,0:04:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that night, her whole family
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.50,0:05:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took the couches and she slept together with her mom
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.78,0:05:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we could take their beds.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.54,0:05:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I lay there thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.05,0:05:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these people have so little.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.09,0:05:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this fair?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.81,0:05:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the morning, her mom taught us how
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.36,0:05:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to make tortillas and wanted to give me a Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.91,0:05:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she took me aside and she said to me in her broken English,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.83,0:05:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your music has helped my daughter so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.80,0:05:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for staying here. We're all so grateful."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.85,0:05:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, this is fair.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.70,0:05:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.38,0:05:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple months later, I was in Manhattan,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.100,0:05:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I tweeted for a crash pad, and at midnight,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.54,0:05:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm ringing a doorbell on the Lower East Side,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.44,0:05:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it occurs to me I've never actually done this alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.91,0:05:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always been with my band or my crew.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.45,0:05:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this what stupid people do? (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.94,0:05:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this how stupid people die?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.43,0:06:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And before I can change my mind, the door busts open.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.50,0:06:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's an artist. He's a financial blogger for Reuters,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.02,0:06:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're pouring me a glass of red wine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.33,0:06:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and offering me a bath,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.50,0:06:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have had thousands of nights like that and like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.46,0:06:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I couchsurf a lot. I also crowdsurf a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.48,0:06:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I maintain couchsurfing and crowdsurfing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.81,0:06:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are basically the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.10,0:06:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're falling into the audience
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.60,0:06:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're trusting each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.10,0:06:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I once asked an opening band of mine
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.72,0:06:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they wanted to go out into the crowd and pass the hat
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.24,0:06:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get themselves some extra money, something that I did a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.37,0:06:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as usual, the band was psyched,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.51,0:06:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there was this one guy in the band
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.62,0:06:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who told me he just couldn't bring himself to go out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.74,0:06:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt too much like begging to stand there with the hat.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.73,0:06:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I recognized his fear of "Is this fair?" and "Get a job."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.41,0:06:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And meanwhile, my band is becoming bigger and bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.86,0:07:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We signed with a major label.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.13,0:07:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our music is a cross between punk and cabaret.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.89,0:07:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.10,0:07:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, maybe it's for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.46,0:07:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sign, and there's all this hype leading up to our next record.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.41,0:07:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it comes out and it sells about 25,000 copies in the first few weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.74,0:07:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the label considers this a failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.12,0:07:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, "25,000, isn't that a lot?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.67,0:07:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were like, "No, the sales are going down. It's a failure."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.30,0:07:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they walk off.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.58,0:07:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right at this same time, I'm signing and hugging after a gig,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.61,0:07:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a guy comes up to me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.75,0:07:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hands me a $10 bill,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.02,0:07:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he says,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.38,0:07:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm sorry, I burned your CD from a friend."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.14,0:07:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.39,0:07:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But I read your blog, I know you hate your label.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.85,0:07:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want you to have this money."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.38,0:07:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this starts happening all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.22,0:07:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I become the hat after my own gigs,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.69,0:08:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I have to physically stand there and take the help from people,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.98,0:08:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unlike the guy in the opening band,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.18,0:08:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've actually had a lot of practice standing there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.22,0:08:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.33,0:08:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the moment I decide
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.48,0:08:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just going to give away my music for free
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.27,0:08:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,online whenever possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.11,0:08:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's like Metallica over here, Napster, bad;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.34,0:08:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amanda Palmer over here, and I'm going to encourage
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.13,0:08:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,torrenting, downloading, sharing, but I'm going to ask for help,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.48,0:08:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I saw it work on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.100,0:08:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I fought my way off my label and for my next project
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.93,0:08:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my new band, the Grand Theft Orchestra,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.63,0:08:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I turned to crowdfunding,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.36,0:08:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I fell into those thousands of connections that I'd made,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.53,0:08:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I asked my crowd to catch me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.30,0:08:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the goal was 100,000 dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.34,0:08:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fans backed me at nearly 1.2 million,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.85,0:08:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the biggest music crowdfunding project to date.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.10,0:09:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.19,0:09:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can see how many people it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.21,0:09:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about 25,000 people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.24,0:09:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the media asked, "Amanda,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.57,0:09:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the music business is tanking and you encourage piracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.94,0:09:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did you make all these people pay for music?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.99,0:09:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the real answer is, I didn't make them. I asked them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.26,0:09:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through the very act of asking people,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.39,0:09:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd connected with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.84,0:09:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you connect with them, people want to help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.77,0:09:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of counterintuitive for a lot of artists.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.54,0:09:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't want to ask for things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.20,0:09:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not easy. It's not easy to ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.12,0:09:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of artists have a problem with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.33,0:09:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Asking makes you vulnerable.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.57,0:09:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got a lot of criticism online
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.94,0:09:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after my Kickstarter went big
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.78,0:09:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for continuing my crazy crowdsourcing practices,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.56,0:09:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifically for asking musicians
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.98,0:10:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are fans if they wanted to join us on stage
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.83,0:10:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a few songs in exchange for love and tickets
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.33,0:10:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beer, and this was a doctored image
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.43,0:10:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that went up of me on a website.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.76,0:10:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this hurt in a really familiar way.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.100,0:10:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people saying, "You're not allowed anymore
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.97,0:10:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask for that kind of help,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.74,0:10:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really reminded me of the people in their cars yelling, "Get a job."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.30,0:10:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they weren't with us on the sidewalk,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.69,0:10:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they couldn't see the exchange
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.23,0:10:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was happening between me and my crowd,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.27,0:10:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an exchange that was very fair to us but alien to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.76,0:10:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is slightly not safe for work.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.68,0:10:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my Kickstarter backer party in Berlin.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.36,0:10:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the night, I stripped and let everyone draw on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.84,0:10:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let me tell you, if you want to experience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.66,0:10:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the visceral feeling of trusting strangers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.74,0:10:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recommend this,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.84,0:10:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially if those strangers are drunk German people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.95,0:11:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a ninja master-level fan connection,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.60,0:11:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what I was really saying here was,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.50,0:11:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I trust you this much.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.10,0:11:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should I? Show me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.22,0:11:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For most of human history,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.07,0:11:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,musicians, artists, they've been part of the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.41,0:11:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connectors and openers, not untouchable stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.83,0:11:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Celebrity is about a lot of people loving you from a distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.18,0:11:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the Internet and the content
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.20,0:11:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're freely able to share on it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.81,0:11:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are taking us back.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.74,0:11:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about a few people loving you up close
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.45,0:11:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about those people being enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.94,0:11:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a lot of people are confused by the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.15,0:11:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of no hard sticker price.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.31,0:11:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They see it as an unpredictable risk, but the things I've done,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.69,0:11:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Kickstarter, the street, the doorbell,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.87,0:11:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't see these things as risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.00,0:11:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see them as trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.81,0:12:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the online tools to make the exchange
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.32,0:12:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as easy and as instinctive as the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.68,0:12:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're getting there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.60,0:12:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the perfect tools aren't going to help us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.20,0:12:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we can't face each other
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.67,0:12:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give and receive fearlessly,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.48,0:12:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, more important,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.30,0:12:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask without shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.82,0:12:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My music career has been spent
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.49,0:12:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to encounter people on the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.51,0:12:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way I could on the box,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.00,0:12:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so blogging and tweeting not just about my tour dates
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.52,0:12:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my new video but about our work and our art
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.11,0:12:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our fears and our hangovers, our mistakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.69,0:12:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.71,0:12:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think when we really see each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.56,0:12:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to help each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.41,0:12:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think people have been obsessed with the wrong question,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.93,0:12:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is, "How do we make people pay for music?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.54,0:13:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we started asking,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.99,0:13:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How do we let people pay for music?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.63,0:13:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.48,0:13:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)