What must be done to have a mega-hit as seen twenty years on...

While this article is about writers. It strikes me that it can easily be applied to musicians as well. The artist endures rejection, isolation, and disappointment from the establishment, yet has a willingness to work through it all for a chance at success.

Read and see if you see the connection as well...

"A writing career becomes harder to scale" from the LA Times

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