You CAN get there without their help. This isn't the 1980s you know. People can record and produce their own music with their own equipment and make music videos with their own equipment. People can make their own website and do their own marketing. People can sell their own merch. It's a lot of work, but it is possible in the modern world.
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He got to where he got without their help.
You CAN get there without their help. This isn't the 1980s you know. People can record and produce their own music with their own equipment and make music videos with their own equipment. People can make their own website and do their own marketing. People can sell their own merch. It's a lot of work, but it is possible in the modern world.