u/MaginusMedia writes, in response to creating a perception:

Marketing is eating your vegetables. No more and no less than that. So my advice, for what it’s worth, is learn as much as you can (i.e., find some good “vegetable recipes”); get as much help as you can; and remember that in all this stuff (music included) YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO IT THE WAY SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING IT. Find a way that works for you. Find the vegetables you like to eat. They may never be your favorite food, but maybe they will be just enough to allow you to KEEP DOING WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

There are some other great comments in that thread.