I have known from the beginning one thing you need to know. That is, the music business is a business.
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Music and the music business are two different things.
The first thing you learn about the music business is that it changes very quickly. You come into it at a certain point and you think you have a handle on it... And then, three years later, the whole thing has been turned upside-down.
I've always treated the music business as a business.
As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.
The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.
The music business is the most childish business in the world. Nobody knows what they're selling or why, but they sell it if it works.
The only way to get ahead in the music business these days is to call up all your friends. To pool your resources.
In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.
Being in the music business is a totally different industry right there.
The music business is really a spiritual business whether we know it or not.