The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer.
I'm an indie artist with major distribution, so one foot in the extreme major music business and one foot in the abyss of indie artists.
Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.
I think the key to making records generally is to make 'em for yourself, regardless of the climate in the business.
The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.