Artist Empathy: About a week ago, indie duo Pomplamoose posted a breakdown of the income and expenses of their recent tour. At first, it seemed as if their transparency was a welcome boon to artists who know that touring – unless you are a top-selling stadium act – is not a realistic substitute for the loss of album sales. But then Pomplamoose found itself the center of attacks from both sides of the current music industry debate over artist’s compensation. Consumers and supporters of the “music wants to be free” ethos picked apart the numbers and decided that Pomplamoose spent too much money on lights and on pay for their back-up band. Artists picked apart the numbers too, and as insinuated in this piece on Gawker, many decided that Pomplamoose member Jack Conte was just engaged in a cynical marketing ploy for his crowd-funding company, Patreon.
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