[John Williamson]

On 27/01/2015 13:49, Scott Dorsey wrote:
In article , Trevor wrote:
I don't really agree with that. IME it's the moderately talented artists
with great marketing that are doing the best, while far more talented
artists are struggling. To be clear I am talking about actual musical
proficiency here since artistic "merit" is very much in the ear of the
beholder, and it could be argued that "talent" is fairly judged by
CD/ticket sales. I would argue the huge money made by some artists who
cannot play an instrument, and cannot sing without a "guide track",
auto-tune, and "back-up" singers doing the real lead parts, might
suggest otherwise. :-(

This is indeed true. The thing is, I am not sure it was any different
forty years ago.
--scott

The difference was that in the days before cheap home studios to get
really famous, the artistes needed to impress the A&R guys enough to
sign the authorisation for the studio time, which weeded quite a few
out. They still played live, of course, and there were some really good
people playing in pubs that I visited. There were also some really bad
people playing in pubs that I visited briefly.

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Tciao for Now!

John.