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Artist & Manager Award winner Amanda Palmer delivers TED Talk

05 March 2013

“Don’t make people pay for music, let them” said 2013 Artist and Manager Pioneer Award winner Amanda Palmer in her recent TED Talk. She discusses her experiences in music, crowd funding and social media.

Watch here.

And here are some links to some of the commentary that has been posted in response:

Music Ally

http://musically.com/2013/03/04/in-praise-of-amanda-palmer/

Billboard

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/1550525/video-amanda-palmers-ted-talk-how-do-we-let-people-pay

Hypebot

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/03/amanda-palmers-ted-talk-dont-make-people-pay-for-music-let-them.html

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