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# Thank You Elliott Smith
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/thank-you-elliott-smith/
- Published: 2011-05-11T08:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-05-11T08:16:00.000Z
- Description: Why did you get into the music business or why are you trying to get in? On Music Think Tank, independent musician, Padma Gillen, shares his opinion about the current. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/05/thank-you-elliott-smith.html]
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- Tags: Music Think Tank, art, great music, Independent, indie, Music Business, musician, Natalie Cheng, Padma Gillen, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:55

[![Traditional-Art-Music-01](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201538e6520d1970b-200wi "Traditional-Art-Music-01")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201538e6520d1970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com)

Why did you get into the music business or why are you trying to get in? On [Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/thank-you-elliott-smith.html?ref=hypebot.com), independent musician, **Padma Gillen**, shares his opinion about the current music industry and the thrill of great music. Do you think that today’s artists are too bogged down with the business aspects of music instead of focusing on music as art? ([Read On](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/thank-you-elliott-smith.html?ref=hypebot.com))

“If you are a musician trying to make it in music right now, just **pause for a moment** and try to remember why you got into this in the first place.”