A quick few notes about things in common between technology founders and musical artists https://loeber.substack.com/p/3-commonalities-among-founders-in

I really like this. I think you can extend the analogy further with software: 

- Studio time is development period
- Album is version / product release 
- Tour is marketing and single use https://i.imgur.com/Zf0bbA4.jpg

Thank you! And extending the thought, in music like in software: distribution usually beats product. 

Lots of great indie artists that nobody knows. Commercial music is a distribution game. The big labels are primarily marketing machines.