--- title: Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work», a lesson of the arts course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Behind every song, film, cartoon and painting are people doing a job: musicians, actors, animators, buskers, painters --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/) / Art as a job: who makes art, money, fa… # Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work Lesson 39 of the arts course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/0/) — Behind every song, film, cartoon and painting are people doing a job: musicians, actors, animators, buskers, painters and designers, and most of them are not rich or famous. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/1/) — Fame and money are not the same thing: a song with a billion plays earns a lot, but each play pays only a tiny bit of a penny, shared between many people. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/2/) — "Overnight" stars usually trained for years where nobody could see, like a tree that grows roots for a long time before anyone notices it above the ground. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/3/) — Artists also need school skills, reading, maths and how to handle money and deals, because making art for a living is also running a tiny business. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/5/) — Streaming apps pay a tiny amount for each play, often reported as a small part of a penny or cent, shared between the record company, songwriters, producers and the singer. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/6/) — Many musicians earn more from concerts and merch than from streams. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/7/) — It is often said that Van Gogh sold only one painting in his life; historians say he may have sold a few more, but he was not famous until after he died in 1890. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/8/) — Van Gogh's sister-in-law, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, worked hard to make his paintings known after his death. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/9/) — Most artists need reading, maths and business skills to manage money and deals, and many have other jobs, especially at first. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/10/) — K-pop singers usually train for years before their first show, and many trainees never become stars at all. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/11/) — Busking means performing in public places for tips; many cities have rules or permits for it, and many famous musicians busked when they started. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/12/) — Kalush Orchestra won Eurovision for Ukraine in 2022 with the song "Stefania", and it was reported that they auctioned the trophy to raise money for Ukraine; Eurovision gives fame, not a big cash prize. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/13/) — Animators work on films, TV, games, adverts and apps, often in big teams; it is a real career. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/14/) — Taylor Swift re-recorded her early albums as "Taylor's Version" because the first recordings were sold without her control, and she wanted to own her music. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/15/) — An artist's price pays for years of learning, materials and the idea, not only the hour spent drawing. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/16/) — Most actors are not famous; many do small roles, adverts and voice work, and face many auditions and rejections. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/17/) — Very high art prices come from fame, history, rarity and buyers competing at auctions, not only from how hard a picture looks to make. - ← previous: [Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/) - next →: [Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/) - ↑ back to [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/)