But in all likelihood, in order to use your degree you’re going to have to get off your couch.
(So the ease of getting the degree, certificate, license or credential from your couch can be the very thing that builds the road block that keeps you from utilizing it.)
You can do a lot from your couch but it’s still hard to go do something if you’ve never done anything.
Go do.
You’ve just written what will become one of the most famous ballads of all time. It’s called Something, and you’re George Harrison.
It’s an acoustic song with a beautiful melody so you’re thinking strings, bgvs, maybe some brass, probably no drums.
And then Paul comes in and wants to put this super busy bass line over it.
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There had to have been fights.
George was already shy about his songs and now Paul wants to step all over it.
It took a lot of guts to have that bass line in there (which would also require a fuller drum groove to blend the rhythm track).
I don’t think most of us could handle Paul playing on our track. Most of us would be too precious to have a lead bass line on our sweet ballad.
Glad George had the guts.
The music business isn’t. No one is plotting against you.
It’s just that the broader music ecosystem might not need your thing right now.
You can wait for the ecosystem to bend toward what you’re doing. You can change what you’re doing to try and fit the system. You can quit all together. Or you can simply keep making.
But it’s not about winning or losing or having something rigged for or against you. It’s about playing the game you want to play.