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There's Jonathan Coulton, who at one point was pulling in $500,000/yr... and there's uh...

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Oh, look! I'm needed in the basement!

Coulton also had some first-mover advantage with his thing-a-week model which got press because of its originality (as opposed to the quality of his music).

Not to take away from the quality of his music, which is really good (I have a few on my playlists), but there were also plenty of other very good musicians that tried thing-a-week and didn't break through.

His thing a week experiment led to (I believe) a fairly stable touring career, a yearly cruise with a great lineup of musicians and entertainers, and some serious connections in the music industry. The geek press from the thing a week experiment obviously helped, but you don't get that far in pop rock music without some great pop songs, and Coulton's got those in spades.

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