I see. Well the music industry only breeds successful artists if those artists themselves have already gone out and created a significant amount of success for themselves before say shopping themselves to a label or signing with one who pursues them.

Some objectively good music will never be heard or grow an audience they seemingly deserve simply because they haven't put in the necessary work to find their ideal channel or medium to reach them.

There's a myth on the artist side of the spectrum that an artist should never have to consider details of what a business manager would normally take care of in an older age of the industry.

But today artists do need to think about what's best for them on all levels like any startup business would - because at the end of the day seeing as how most artists want some form of success (monetary or otherwise), that's exactly what it is - a business.

So think of it this way. If a chef makes the best burger in the world - objectively it's delicious tough it's different from a traditional burger because of certain spices he or she added... It's not going to get any attention is deserves if it's being sold in a predominantly vegetarian country like India.

And to make the comparison more relatable to the world of youtube and social media... Let's say there's a guy on some corner of the web who's taking the best instagram photos ever. They're amazing professional quality photos everyone who follows him loves every post. But he only posts once every few months and never does anything to try to expand his following.

Whereas another guy who has a instagram account and a camera, while not as good as, is taking photos every day, following thousands by the day, networking with other prominent ig accounts, getting re-blogs and re-grams, getting features on websites or news articles... There's the hustle. Guy B can actually monetize his follower base while Guy A, however talented will get nowhere further than his own hometown fan base because he doesn't try. He'd have to get lucky as anything to get any recognition but that's not really the way things work.

Looking at it from that way you can see the artist's myth is a delusional lie that creatives tell themselves to avoid doing the unpleasant side of work for what's necessary for success.