I don't expect someone to even really "pay their dues". They just have to prove they have some level of talent that it actually their fault and not a trained muppet.
John Mayer for example - many people think of him as a pop star blip on the radar, but I have seen that guy give a live performance early in his career in a small Atlanta venue. He is fantastically skilled at many instruments. He also wrote most of his own stuff. It's ridiculous how good he is. Seriously off the charts. His albums are overproduced and he's acted like a douche occasionally, but I still have serious respect for his level of skill. -Cameron On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:47 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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:344731 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
