Originally Posted by BIG JIM MERRILEES
Well Michael the urban legend will remain an urban legend. I have no intention of namedropping in this case. If you do not believe me then that is OK.


Jim it's not a question of believing you or not. You make a claim involving a songwriter, and it's just natural curiosity, as well as "good debate etiquette" to have sources, or at least the name of the songwriter in question. Otherwise you have no case, no proof of anything.
Originally Posted by BIG JIM MERRILEES

If you do not accept that a lot of undeserving untalented people get there by connections and getting a boost from people in the know who they know then that is also OK.


I never said this. Of course this is true, in many cases, maybe in a majority. What I said was: 1) enjoy what you do 2) let your desire pave the way 2) believe in yourself, and that you can be successful.

Originally Posted by BIG JIM MERRILEES

I know different. I admire positive thinking....but I also admire realism. A dream is great and everyone should strive to attain goals. That said no point in getting completely deflated because your pie in the sky dream is unattainable. That is my point and I fail to understand why this point is coming under attack. It is not being cynical negative or being skeptic...it is being truthful and realistic.


Jim, the ONLY thing I attacked was you coming to the conclusion "This illustrates the point it is not what you know but who you know." based on betting Taylor Swift would not get signed, if she sent in anonymous recordings.

We can agree to disagree about the relative values of skepticism and positivity, in regards to success in the biz. Ultimately, the only thing that matters is that we enjoy what we are doing, so that we don't end up at the end of our life, wishing we had done something else.

Mike

Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 09/10/09 08:46 AM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
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-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)