Originally posted by Jeanette
I believe the great unknowns have to get good agents and promoters and then a nice fan base and oh... say 25-30 years worth of material published...several dozen platinum, and gold records and a few Bammie &/or other awards would help too...but it all starts with RAW TALENT!

Good Agents? Promoters? I guess being able to write good music doesn't count for SH*T. No offense to you or Hagar, but there are millions of better musicians (ARTISTS) out there that don't get credit because music means something more to them. It isn't something that a true artist takes for granted by issuing his music through promoters or agents, or to a sleazy record label that just trying to make a buck. Those “musicians” are only doing it for money, and fame. To me, it’s not about that and their music shows.

Why do you see more and more bands doing it themselves and getting record label recognizition??? Because people know that the music industry is BULLSH*T. Run by a bunch of Corporate Retards who don't know what good music is. Then when they find something they can sell, they leech off that person like they wrote the music too. About getting a Grammy, they can take there Grammy and shove it you know where. I would never sell myself short to get an award cause I know its corrupted and not based on any musical talent. Just look who got Grammy's this year.

To me, music is personal. Just in case your wondering why I feel this way. I write my music for me, I don't write a song just so I can sell a few million copies or make money from it. Any decent musician could write an entire cd with commercial songs, that's not an artist that's a sellout. I will live much prouder as a musician knowing that I wrote music that was true to me, not for fame, money, awards, or anyone else.

If you don't think I know what I'm talking about, my cousin's boyfriend which I was very close too was a Talent scout for Atlantic records. He would even tell me that he would come accost bands that he really liked, but they would never pass the decision by the executives because they weren't sellable. Based on looks or if that music was in vogue at the time. Raw talent, my arse!!!

Here’s what you need to be famous: A good stylist, The idiot Guide to lip sinking, A friend in the industry, and a few commercial songs that sound like every other song on the radio at the time, and a good producer to write the rest of your songs if not all of them. Those all have to do with talent, huh??? PLEASE

No offense to Sammy, and you necessarily but you did say something things that ticked me off. Those are in the Quote. Piece Out!!!!