Originally Posted by Jack Swain
Well since you asked Bill, my personal feeling about music is that it is not a competition, it is an art-form. Once you make a competition out of it the artistry is gone and you are left with technicians. There are some very good technicians on the show and some horrible ones, but they mostly leave me cold. That is my personal taste, and I do not expect others to necessarily agree with me.
Wow, Jack nailed it for me...I think this is why the show doesn't interest me. I don't have a lack of respect for it, but this post explains my lack of interest. It presents one of my favorite things, people creating sounds, with one of my least favorite approaches, cutthroat competition.

Nevertheless, it's one of the most successful shows in history.

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