It used to be that getting on TV, or having a song in a commercial meant you sold out.
Now, TV is accepted and signing with a giant record label is viewed more as selling out.
It used to be that mandolin was only on country radio
Now it’s on Top 40, and barely on country
Mainstream music (or whatever stream is left) was all R&B and hip hop ten years ago
Now it’s Sam Smith, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Hozier, Mumford & Sons, Pitbul and Fall Out Boy
There’s a pull on all of us to use “the way it is” as an excuse for why our project won’t work. An excuse that’s out of our hands, therefore our hands are tied. We can’t do anything. Just cry in our soup.
Keep making it better, keep being excited about it. All of the above examples represent a hurdle that at one point made an artist fall apart and quit.
“The way it is” is what the future always moves on from. That’s how it works.
Everybody loves the future.
