My first reaction was that this was incredibly lame of Steve: "I like music, so I won't consider any pitches without music!" After I thought about it, I think

My first reaction was that this was incredibly lame of Steve: "I like music, so I won't consider any pitches without music!" After I thought about it, I think it's probably more likely that Steve thought they needed a pitch with more popular appeal if they were going to attract enough other investors and generate enough public interest for it to be worth putting Apple's name on. Or not. By all accounts Steve was pretty direct, and if all he said was "come back with music" maybe he wasn't thinking of anything besides wanting to hear a song. :)