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I guess the problem is this: You just don't know what you don't know. And, you really don't know much. What you need to do is go out and re-learn what you think you know. Make a list of what you don't know. Then go out and learn that. After you learn that, repeat the process ten more times.

Most people can recognize someone who doesn't know much, or anything at all. As is the case here. Folks just recognize you don't know anything, and even though your knowledge is lacking, that's OK, but the real problem is that your experience to fall back on is also lacking. So what we have here is a failure to communicate, and that was brought on by your inability to know what you don't know, inability to understand this hole in your knowledge base due to your lack of experience and/or maturity and moreover just a very shallow understanding of the root issues.

Art and Music are very subjective. So, if you don't recognize it for what it is, best to keep your mouth shut. Most executives at music labels aren't musicians, but they get it. Most art museum curators aren't artists, most publishers aren't authors. But, they have other areas in their professional lives that make up for that lack of experience. For, they don't know what they don't know, but they are experts in what they do know.