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wow...some of these posts are downright funny.

I understand the frustrations stated here and I understand the opposite view and where it comes from,but I thought about it for a minute and realized that EVERY artist I admire would'nt make it past a guy like Simon Cowell in the 1st round.

That would not be the point though.The artists I love are not from that part of the cloth,they have alot of character and depth to what they do.Most top 40 is the opposite to my ears.

There is cake and there is bread.Talent can be found in the cake too it just does not run as deep.I compare music to food....there's the awesome steakhouse downtown and then there is mcdonald's.

I would agree that the music buying puplic are not the brightest bulbs in the chandelier,they gravitate to the flavor of the month mostly....cake.....mcdonald's.The artists that produce very intelligent works rarely ever chart highly because it is simply over the heads of "pop culture" fans and they do not want to think.

Yes,music is subjective..but come on,alot of the obviously shallow is just that......obviously shallow.I personally know many singer/songwriters that could routinely write circles around the "taylor Swift" types,but they are not young and pretty and do not oversing every note.

The young stars today are gifted singers and have talent,but that vocal style drives me nuts.It would be like Ed van halen soloing through a whole song,the magic wears off very quickly.

That is just an opinion,I tend to lean towards the artist with depth and they usually have a "slow burn" of a carreer with die hard fans.

2 cents from the peanut gallery.