Dear Producer…
We have a confession to make.
We’ve followed The XYZ’s forever. It was their album, ABC, that you produced that really put them over the top and made them super successful.
So we thought if we made what they made (a really good album), we would be successful too.
The natural next question was to figure out how they made it. Because if we could follow the same process, that would lead us where we needed to go.
That’s when we emailed you to produce our album.
When you agreed to produce it, we were thrilled.
We were following the path of The XYZ’s to the T.
While we were making our album with you we had an expectation that since we were making an album (like The XYZ’s) and were using the same process as the XYZ’s (you), that you could give us what we needed to become famous.
We never said that to you, but it’s what we were thinking the whole time.
And because we didn’t get worldwide acclaim from this album, we felt really let down by you and had hard feelings toward you for a while.
We’re sorry.
Now, after a year or so, we’re starting to see things a little more clearly.
We failed to realize that The XYZ’s blew up not because they made a good album, and not because they made it with you.
But because from the beginning The XYZ’s knew WHY they were doing all of this.
And we’ve never stopped to figure that out. We talk about WHAT we want and HOW we want to get it, but never take time for what we’re realizing is the most important part, the WHY. The reason, the motivation.
And without knowing it at the time, we expected you to make up for our lack of true purpose.
You’re great at your job, one of the best in the world. It just took us a while to understand the truth of the situation.
No hard feelings anymore. See you around soon…
The Typical Wanderers
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