Originally Posted by etcjoe
<...snip...> Those fractions of a penny from streaming add up to a lot when you get a billion streams (not an exaggeration just ask Taylor Swift)<...>

This is so true, for perhaps 1% of the people who write songs. The few who break out from the masses give us all some hope, and something to dream about. And a small percentage of us will get there.

In a way, it's like playing the lottery, but it's a lot more creative, and if you are doing it right, a lot more fun.

If you know the right people, you are a shoo in. If not, it's a matter of luck plus talent.

Decades ago I was talking to Tom Scott. About 'making it', he said, and I'll paraphrase — that there is a sax player gigging in a Holiday Inn somewhere, like Valparaiso, Indiana, who could put me in his back pocket. But I had the right connections, I showed up in the right place at the right time, and I could do the job.

I'm not trying to be a downer, just realistic.

If you don't have the connections, don't get discouraged, it can happen, but just don't bank your future on it.


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