Steven Wilson: Progressive Rock God on Sabotaging His Career for Musical Integrity

Rob welcomes back Steven Wilson of the band Porcupine Tree. Steven and Rob define the word genius, talk about why Radiohead and The Beatles were able to gain the attention of the world and the constant push and pull between creativity and business in the music world. Steven also gives his thoughts on AI and its impact on music and the arts as well as why he continues to make ‘movies for the ears’ in a world that doesn’t appreciate music in this way anymore. STEVEN WILSON REVEALS Why he isn’t the best musician Why commercial success isn’t important What has replaced radio What makes a musical genius How metal has changed, both culturally and musically His thoughts on woke culture Why he is a cannibal to his own success ALSO FEATURED: The varying ways the Beatles have influenced music and the world forever. Why failure is inevitable if you want to progress. The current role of music in society. BEST MOMENTS “ If you wanna make a good song you’ve got to make a lot of shit songs first” “We came up with something really special that has stood the test of time” “Music should never be market research” “I’ve always found myself naturally out of step to much of what is going on” “The Beatles are the standard to which all other rock music is measure” “How to you rebel against your parents when they were listening to slayer or metallica” “All of my favourite albums I didn’t like the first time round” VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”   CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com