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This is fairly fascinating to me - I'm a musician as well and love this stuff. What would have happened if John Coltrane, for example, had done what Miles Davis
by ScottWhigham 16y ago
This is fairly fascinating to me - I'm a musician as well and love this stuff. What would have happened if John Coltrane, for example, had done what Miles Davis did and focused on the business side more?
I wonder, though, if perhaps you are nit-picking on a pithy title? "Be valuable" doesn't have to mean "learn business at the expense of creating value in your music", does it?
- sgoranson 16y agoI think he was pretty clear with "Making sure you're making money is just a way of making sure you're doing something of value to others." Maybe it's like this: getting paid implies your work has value, but your work may value even if you are not getting paid?
- derefr 16y agoYour work may have value, but you won't know for sure; you might just be heading down the wrong path and producing crap. Getting paid gives you an axis to measure your efforts upon, which gives you a direction to hill-climb.