CoolCat
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OK...but you can hit YouTube and find hundreds of people doing the same thing, at that same, or even better level.
There's nothing really outstanding there, other than that she get the break...while the hundreds/thousands of others still have not, and may never.
That's what modern music is about...getting the big machine behind you, and then you're the "phenomenon".
I never thought that Lady Gaga was anything special...she can sing pretty good, and the rest was ALL image and focused marketing of it.
Same thing with many other Pop stars...but that's how the system works...every couple of years the music industry kicks out a new fashion trend.
I've been listening to a local, and somewhat "underground" station...kinda like college radio, but not as rough around the edges...and the high quality of music and songs that will hardly EVER get the same exposure as some new Pop star, is astounding...but that's how it is.
That's all true, but then isn't that luck what puts all musicians into a higher demand level.
They become put on the bigger stage and dissected and every thing put under a microscope to be hated on or liked.
These days with old aging baby boomers, we talk about "why" we are even doing the music and for what reason over beers.
If its for money and fame, or fun, or boredom.... playing live? or just play at the house might be more fun.
Making money off this hobby?
The Machine for one reason or another tends to help and can make something seem big. But if the artist or band cant put out the goods, I don't think the machine alone can force anything for long.
Theres a Motely Crue book that describes the business and fame and going from nobodys to the top charts....using Gears and Cogs as an analogy. Its really a good chapter and a interesting perspective from one of the band members. How as you get bigger and more famous the cogs/gears spin faster and faster until you/the artist are flung off... burnt out....or able to do it again.
That particular dude was saying the funnest part was the lower level where you can do music full time but not all the pressures and having every drop of blood squeezed out of you because you have a # 1 hit. The Nobody stage was tough too apparently.
I think Billie E and the brother just are a topic. I recall Adeles sweeping years back then and people liked her or disliked her. Taylor Swift's first CD was in my daughters box, and my sons music growing up was enough to start a generation gap...lol