I think a better way to say it would be that people should focus on what they do well and let those things they don't do well be done by experts or at least someone with more talent at it than themselves. This advice is usually good for anyone in any business. BUT.. I think artists SHOULD learn to write songs so they have an understanding of how they work, why they work and how they can best interpret them if they don't record their own. It's the same reason I always suggest songwriters and artists learn to do a lot of their own career management so that once they are successful enough to justify hiring someone they will understand what will make someone worth hiring and what will not be worth it. Too many artists want a manager when they don't have the first clue what a manager is even supposed to do. Same with an attorney. Same with a publicist. Same with a producer. Etc. So learn how to do it all, do that work yourself and become competent enough to identify someone clearly better at it than you when the time comes. And also understand when it is you NEED someone better. A singer just getting started doesn't have the same needs as a label artist.

Brian

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