Originally posted by Raskolnikov
sometimes it's not that the song is hard to play, but that nobody else could have written it.

well the problem is that people can write those songs, and it's not like he's doing some interesing harmonies, or he's got good voice, he (travis or whatever the guy's name is)
just plays some simple chord progression and sings.... why do you people think that no one else can do it???
and maybe for pop you dont need any technique, but in rock you probably should be better than travis to do something original
with all the respect to this guy, i can't even consider him as a guitar player, probably he's worse player than 90% of the people on this forum, so i just cant understan how can it be that he is pro, while thousands of people who play and write better than him, can get a contract with a record company..