Moby gives some advice to aspiring musicians

Moby gives some valuable advice to aspiring musicians and producers in an article published on his popular online journal yesterday. Here's a few excerpts:

"I know I'm an opinionated loudmouth, but I've always felt uncomfortable and presumptuous offering advice to people when I don't know their circumstances. But I do feel moderately comfortable offering general advice to aspiring musicians."

"What do you love and what are you good at? Are you a great singer? A great songwriter? A great DJ? You need to figure this out, and usually your friends will be able to help. And you need to be willing to accept that you might not be great at what you've chosen to do."

"You need to love what you're doing. If your goal as a musician is to make a lot of money and be famous, you're probably going to end up miserable and sad and desperate. If your goal is to spend your life and your time making music that you love, then you're going to vastly increase your chances at actually having success."

"I hope that some of this will be of help to any aspiring musicians out there."