Jack of all trades, Master of none

Good stuff:

• Jack of all trades, master of none is a figure of speech, describing a person who is competent with many skills but is not very good with any one particular skill. The term has become a cliché.

  The above is actually a truncated version of the true epithet. The phrase in its entirety is "Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one". This complete phrasing of the term would seem to remove any negative connotations which follow the labeling as such in the former form.

  A Jack of all trades may be a master of integration, since the individual knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together into a practical finished product. Such a person is known as a polymath or a Renaissance man; the prototypical example of which is probably Leonardo da Vinci.

• via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_all_trades,_master_of_none
  

Most of my inspiration for the look, feel, and concepts of Music Slice have come from all kinds of sources, most of which not in the field of music. One reason for that is because most music services today have missed the mark entirely, but mostly because I see the ideas behind things rather than the thing itself, and ideas are interchangeable.

One inspiration of mine that many people know, is Google. They've found a way to make some incredible products online, and offer them all free of charge to everybody through the use of advertising, and in many cases, just by using revenue from other services.

Another example is snowboarding. These guys are out to get a sponsor, the result being free stuff, more exposure, and the chance to snowboard a lot more in many cases without any need for a lame job. Apply this concept to musicians and you'll have some happy guitarists who can spend more of their time jamming rather than asking you what kind of latte you'd like.

Everything has been figured out, it's just a matter of applying lessons from one part of life to another. Sometimes ways of doing things become so synonymous with a certain activity, that it takes an outsider to step in and realize it, and then hopefully do something about it.

I think we all have a great future ahead of us, as we're all exposed to a lot more than the generations before us, and communication with no barriers to stop us from progressing. You can go ahead an entrench yourself in one "career path" if you'd like, just know that it's Jack who decides when and if you're needed.