On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I know you weren't asking me, but I have thought about this sort of thing > before and thought I'd give my answer. > > I am very willing to recognize talent and skill in any genre of music, even > genres I don't like. Generally though, artists are automatically > disqualified from any chance of respect if any of the following is true: > > 1) They won their fame on a TV game show (ie: American Idol) > 2) They are a trained puppet (ie: Boy bands, manufactured pop stars) > > Artists generally gain credibility and respect in my mind if they are able > to *create* music and performance, not just regurgitate it. I am even > willing to extend this credibility to boy band and American Idol types > later in their careers if they actually create something of their own or > have some other unusually outstanding talent beyond simply "a good voice". > > JT? That white boy can dance. > > I totally see your point, but JT has kind of taught me that you have to be careful about putting too much stock in how a person got their start, or how they got discovered. I mean, yeah, ideally, you slowly work and develop your talent, work your way up through the music scene on talent, pay your dues, then reach the top. But if you are the next justin timberlake...and don't know it...and someone comes around and says "hey, do you want to make a bunch of money and nail a bunch of hot girls for singing a few songs?" ....yer gonna jump on it. ANd if by luck would have it, you turn out to actually be very talented, and ultimately you prove that....we probably shouldn't hold it against you that you got your start in a somewhat wussy, but understandable, fashion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344730 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
