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| From | "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: colter's rant - not an attack |
| Date | Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:33:43 -0400 |
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The thing about musicians in the music business is that they are not
analogous to employees in the corporation; they are analogous to the burgers
in the boxes we buy from McDonalds. Success is wholly irrespective of
talent; by any quantifiable measure I suspect there would be no correlation
at all. McDonald's sells the most meals of any restaurant in the world.
Does that make them the best restaurant? Of course not. It merely makes
them the best marketers, with products that lend themselves to mass
marketing. Does their food taste the best? Nope. Is it the most
nutritious? Nope. Actually, it is laden with fat, sugar, and salt.
In the music world, Britney Spears, Eminem, Avril Lavigne, Shania Twain and
such are the Big Macs. This is not to say that Wendie C and the like should
not be ambitious and desirous of success. Quite the contrary. Just that
they should understand that the best woman doesn't always (or even usually)
win. Let's face it-- musically, we're all a bunch of gourmands in a Big Mac
world.
But I'll eat at the tiny mon'n'pop sandwich shop over the fast food chain
any day of the week. The food will be better. It will be less crowded.
And if you play your cards right you may even get an email from Mom or Pop.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriel Fuentes" <gabriel.fuentes@sbcglobal.net>
> In the business world or corporate world mediocre talent gets rewarded
during the good times and is the first to get punished during the bad
times...During the great years of the 90s a lot of people with limited
talent and limited minds got promoted since the job market was so tight..but
now..many of those same people are finding out that they were really not
very good..since in an economic downturn..they are the first to go..and
rightfully so..
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