One question:Have you every been to Nashville Tenn?
Commercial success has nothing to do with musical abilitie.It has to do with song writing,originality and sometimes just being in the right place at the right time.And according to the music in the past 10 yrs I think it has to do with who you are Blo*ing too,j/k.
Just because you name ain't on guitar player mags and you didn't get a plaque from britney spears at an MTV awards don't mean ****.Theres plenty of guys walking the streets that have played professional that you don't evan know about.
Everyone starts out were weare at now in the bars and clubs.As a matter of fact a freind of mine has done session work with a big nation act,he told me the day the record went #1 the singer was still hanging drywall at work.
And lastly what makes you so sure there are no big name players here??
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