This business is tough

- If you're going to succeed in this music business, you need to understand exactly what you're getting into. This lesson is not as much a lesson as it is a warning. For years folks have been asking for my advice on how to get started in the music business. It didn't matter if it was the kid of my wife's best friend, somebody sitting next to me on an airplane, the taxi driver on the way to the gig or one of my golfing buddies who just met this singer, Ren, you've got to hear. Everybody wants to get in the music business and why not, it's sexy, it's cool, it's fun, if you win big in the music business you can make millions of dollars and become rich and famous. And so when those folks ask for my advice, in most cases I would meet with them, I'd listen to what they had to say, I'd hear what their dreams were and then I'd try to talk them right out of it. I'm not looking to scare you folks, I'm not trying to be a vibe-killer or a wiseguy but I'm looking to prepare you for the reality of…