You may say to yourself: "Well, how did I get here?"
We don't make music, it makes us
Things fall apart, it's scientific.
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.
One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail.
With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.