Any parting wisdom for the up-and-comers out there?
All I can tell you if you love music and music is in your blood stay at it talent will win out, but you have to believe in your talent. You have to believe in yourself. You have to realize that this is probably one of the toughest businesses in the world to break into. You also have to realize that it is one of the most competitive businesses in terms of not just the volume of material that is put into each A&R guy’s face, but the volume of material that is presented to the listening public every month. As I mentioned, I get hundreds of tapes a month in an average month over twelve hundred albums are released. Most new artists think, ‘I’ve got to get a record deal. I’ve got to get a record deal.’ The record deal is only the beginning! Once you make that record, it has to sell or else you don’t have a record deal anymore. So realize that this is a long-term commitment, that there are going to be a lot of disappointments, a lot of set-backs, but if you believe in yourself and believe in
