or worse, there was a guy on one of the other sites, who accrued all the expenses himself. Doing it willingly, and using his own money. NEVER got the hit btw..

At one time demos cost alot of money. But chances are if your heading to Nashville, means youve changed jobs, had to pay your own expenses to move there, and you may have to demo 1000 songs before one makes it. Not to mention, your paying to keep upgrading your equiptment, buying strings, picks, straps,

a hit song doesnt pay as much as many people think. A songwriter might get $100,000 for a big hit. Might get $5,00 or $10,000 for a smaller hit. If getting paid at all.

But the expenses from the moment you start, to the moment you succeed can be more than what the hit pays! And many people have done this, i just know of one personally.

Well, Justin Bieber was discovered on youtube, He is one artist who(I dont care for), but managed to make people forget he was once a youtuber. Nobody thinks of him as that now, he's a huge pop star

Post Malone was discovered on soundcloud, Buckethead,,,a Van Halen type of guitar master also. Artic Monkeys were the first band ever to be discovered on myspace.

Those are the exceptions to the rule. I think many who find success on youtube, will be youtubers forever.

American Idol is strange, most of the singers dont do much, but at the same time, what were they doing before the show? Singing at Holiday Inns and clubs hoping to make it. Even the least famous of all, probably still have some pull power when it comes to getting gigs.

"Come see so and so from American Idol perform tonight" You know its a draw.

So we tend to think they just disappear, but they are all still working their little claim to fame to dig out careers. And are better for it after Idol than before.

But some artist, I forget who it was now, but he said that the audience respects people who came up the hard way, paid dues, and that the instant stardom doesn't last long, cause it wasn't earned. Valid point

One thing for sure, its always better to be lucky than good.

Last edited by Fdemetrio; 02/27/21 12:45 PM.