Right now, coders are changing the world.
Rock stars are not.
And that’s upside down.
But if you watch this clip you’ll understand. Because coders are everything rock stars are not. They’re smart, personable, and they do it their own way.
Yup, the rock star paradigm is old and tired. It was invented fifty years ago, had a good ten year run, was propped up by MTV and has had lemmings all over it ever since. It’s like being a fan of hula-hoops, or advocating the excellence of typewriters. It’s passe.
What’s the future of music?
Excellence.
Now, more than ever, if you can read music and you’ve practiced ad infinitum you’ve got a chance of succeeding.
And if you’re bitching about opportunity and piracy, you’ve lost the plot. These techies created their own business, so should you.
But if I were a teenager today, if I just graduated from college, the thought of coming to Hollywood to pursue a career in the entertainment field would never cross my mind.
I’d go to Silicon Valley. I’d pursue tech.
Watch this clip and you’ll know why.
You want to know these people, you want some of their action.
But there’s a bar. You’ve got to know how to code. To build.
Marketing comes last.
I can’t. I’m being left behind.