People in the music industry that brand themselves as “music industry gurus” and patter off nebulous music industry advice like “be an artist!” and “put out more music” but never explain the how.

It feels insidious because their primary target audience is almost always the “FREE GAME ” people, which is the music industry equivalent of a “Pick Me” individual. And if you retort with justified criticism, they’ll brand you as “just a hater”.

And very often, the “FREE GAME ” people will code switch upon learning somebody’s job title at a three-letter company like they just discovered their second binary.