>I've tried selling shit, giving it away for free, dealing with
>punk-ass managers and promoters...the music BUSINESS has
>always been a hustle, we just had more middle-men to hustle
>for us back in the day so we could concentrate on music...not
>anymore...you gotta wear 15 hats and the shit just makes the
>whole game seem amateur...
>
>but as KRS said "Tell me what the &%$# am I supposed to do?"

What it reminds me of is the old-time music scene Billie Holiday described in Lady Sings the Blues... Where it was not enough to sing well; that shit was taken for granted.

Female singers were expected to double as strippers/prostitutes who picked up folded dollar bills from the edge of the table with their pussy lips while they sang.