It has nothing to do with who is talented and who isn't. The question was asking why these sites are fading. Floyd had some good insights.

and Couch, it's not just about lyrics, lyrics are not songs. And your way off saying only a small percentage of people have creative talent.

You're not understanding what creative talent is. A guitar player who doesn't write songs at all, can have immense creative talent, so can a drummer, so can a jazz musician who plays standards. So can a recording engineer and producers.

You seem to be limiting creative talent to lyrics...

Let's put things in perspective first of all. Success in the music business has never been completely about musical talent. Remember talent comes in many forms, if singing talent was the only factor, Dylan would be garbage, and all the American idols would be legends. That's just an example.

I may agree that the Internet and tech, probably did inspire more and more people to give it a shot, and I definitly think these forums made more would be lyricists come out of the woodwork to try their hand at it.

But you have to consider that really good songwriters and artists, don't seek out forums that concentrate on making songs better, they think their stuff is what it is, and don't know this kind of thing exists.

I can mention 25 guys I know personally who have never been on a forum like this, or even been in soundclick or soundcloud for that matter.

Most of them go on Facebook to announce their next show, or perform on YouTube, not using the tech to make them stars, but using the tech to communicate with people.

Youtube doesn't make you creative, it basically asks the question.... Does anybody out there like my music?

Not sure who is thinking any different.

I don't think I'm better than even 1% of the people out there. if I were more delusional I'd make the number 10%.

All I can do is make the best music I can and hope something happens

Even some of the best artists out there needed a massive dose of luck and help, and even the worst artists needed the same thing.

The bottom line is there is not enough opportunities for even the best of the best.

So it's not about who's great or not, The Sex Pistols made a massive mark on music, and they "sucked"

Sometimes, it's just about being there and having something people want.


Last edited by Fdemetrio; 05/16/18 02:32 AM.