You can ask for help from anyone and everyone that ever inspired you to play in the first place. Jimi Hendrix always asked Muddy Waters for help. Michael Bolton had no problem asking Otis Redding for help. And Keith Richards might as well have just built an addition onto Chuck Berry's house. The world is full of great music.
Audiences love to hear the familiar.
Audiences love to hear hints of the familiar. And audiences are smarter than you are. The Internet only makes it easier for you to, as well. Mentoring seems to be the path at Net4Music. The European group owns two-thirds of the stock and runs the business, has an international view of music marketing, and seems to have good connections.