How to make it in the music business today? Be Innocent.

Here is Steve talking about one of my favorite films. He says two important things here that equate nicely to the music business today, (or rather, lack there of).

He talks about writing the script as a 'novice', not knowing the rules, and later on talks about the film's innocence. It made me think: "That is it exactly!"

It's not that there are rules anymore that we have to work with or around in the music world today, the fact is, that we are all innocent, and we can all be childlike as we walk along, finding out what works and what doesn't; the great part of this scenario being - THERE ARE NO RULES, (outside of the rules of common courtesy of course), so you just can't go wrong and the sky is the limit.

I know I have said this a million times before, but it needs to be repeated. It's not just 'new game, new rules', it's a constantly evolving game, with the only rules or confines being the ones you make for yourself.

The music industry today is actually very Zen-like.

Be Innocent in it.