The TuneCore blog had today and interesting posting about how to succeed in the music business — the Cobain factor. Yes, I thought it would be the normal bla bla bla about “work hard and be everywhere so you get opportunities” article. But it actually had a different spin, all together.
A lot of results come from the inside — a belief in what you do is important and could be heard. Yep. That separates any attemps from those who are just happy to have recorded an album, released it and that’s it, from those who have ideas and want to spread the musical ideas around.
It does not help that during mid-age we all get family obligations and so forth. So it’s just a matter of setting priorities during different stages in one’s life.