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The Voiceless Music Op Ed: What Does It Take?

A few weeks ago I was asked what does it take to make it in this business? I replied by simply saying... "Your Soul". The person I said this to laughed but the laughter and smile quickly faded when They realized that it wasn't intended to be a joke unfortunately. Friendships severed, relationships with significant others fade away or end altogether, "missing" out on vacations, outings and not being able to spend time with the family. All of these things are symptoms of this great "Indiestry" that we have decided to become apart of. A lot of times people walk into this world blind with no sort of idea of what it will take to from you in order to succeed. Had most people knew that this would be the toll that would have to be paid I think a lot of people would have reconsidered. There's also others who became who they are today due to everything they've endured along the way. Struggle builds character and there's no quite struggle like ...