Like you say, there’s no easy recipe for success but with a combination of the right tools and the right mindset, there’s also no reason to allow yourself to sink easily, either.

Thanks for sharing your views.

The reason for which Pink is so successful these days relies also on the market studies her label did, it relies on some very hard work and it relies on the genius of a producer to recognize a hook when he hears one. Casual, cool and commercial music is a deadly serious business.

Regards, George

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I agree that there can certainly be change while sticking to what you already know – after all, no-one likes wholesale changes (as Coca Cola found out when they tried the new recipe a few years back).

I also think where the most savvy business owners will succeed is learning how to source out new markets if the changes need to be larger than what their current audience is used to. This, I believe, is where the popular and long-lasting music artists succeeded – bringing in new fans to replace outgoing ones (look at Dylan and his switch to electric).

It’s sure to be an interesting challenge, and one to look forward to with curiosity.

Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, and kudos to your cool 4 year old daughter for recognizing a killer hook when she hears one!

Change is necessary, no doubt … And you are right Danny, panic and complaining will accomplish nothing. Pink’s lyrics are heavy and provocative, but her core is the same in her playlist … I am a bad-ass and even though the world hands me lemons, I will make lemonade (Pink’s core, not me). Pink is relevant because she creates the hooks that people love (Saturday Night, the song from Charlie’s Angels, countless others) in the face of change.

The artists you mention in the last 40 years have changed and have remained relevant (including the ones no longer around). But think …. When each wrote a song that swayed from what we love … We listened because of the artist or group, and liked it, but we secretly wished for the hooks and beats we liked before. You get the point … You can change and succeed w/o losing what got you to where you are … Just have to be smart and make the right moves when necessary …

Thanks for the shot to vent … You and Patrick Di Chiro …

Now if only certain CEO’s and business owners were as flexible…

Thanks for reading and commenting, Star.

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