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Against the advice of friends and colleagues—who warned him that there was "no future in music"—Schultz remained undeterred. His coworkers at Polaroid viewed him as an oddball, an employee who often arrived late or snuck out early to pursue his true passion. Yet the basement became his sanctuary, a space where every note and riff was painstakingly honed until he achieved a sound that was distinctly his own.