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I think you will find is that the process of an artist being discovered is basically the same as getting into YC.

It's about the artist and whether they have star quality and are saleable. There are plenty of song writers to write the actual songs.

Classic case is someone like Sia Furler who has written a ton of hits for other artists.

https://time.com/4209769/sia-best-songs-written-for-other-ar...

Keep in mind that our results and findings, while making "sense" post-hoc, are predicated on our process and procedure being correct, which honestly, as complete newbies to the whole field, was roughly a coin flip.

Not only that, but sales figures and marketing spend are also not included.