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>>> It's orders of magnitude easier to make working software than it is to make a hit record.

That couldn't be further from the truth, it's extremely easy to make a hit, large labels consistently release hits again and again.

It's all about distribution and marketing network, not about the music.

Sames goes with tech, good luck trying to make a product and garner any amount of traction, whereas the same product released from microsoft/google/aws would get millions of eyeballs right away.

Thinking that good has much to do with success is a recipe to be disappointed. Go spend some time promoting your creations instead of trying to make them better.




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