You might want to start a thread about talent, Big Jim.. I don't understand the word?

What talent? Talent to do what? Remember Niteshifts long list of roles? http://www.jpfolks.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/749582/page/2#Post749582

If you write songs for others to hear, you try to combine talents to make the best entertainment. Great songwriters, great musicians and a singer that looks good, can sing and is nice to people. And if you are doing records, a producer..

There are thousands in line for these parts in life, and many can fill them out. I don't think there are anything special about music. Of course for records you don't need all of those players, you just need a great producer. But 'live', you do.

Some can do everything, but hey I don't think all Stevie Wonders lyrics are that great, and Bob Dylans music is often just standard blues progressions played bad, and many more examples like that excists.

I guess you are talking about the multitalented, but even they don't do everything. I believe 'hype' is a big reason why A talents became big. They started to believ more in themselves and got the neccesary chances in their careers. But you don't think hype has any part in it? You believe these A talents have something unique deep down in their toes or where ever, that makes them great? You belive in comic book heroes, idols that show the way for humanity and all of that romantic stuff?

I think those are great stories, and we wouldn't be better off without them, but I believe minimum requirement to be great is to be out there in the first place, and if you get into the flow of music and your cowriters/players, you might even do something great.

I don't understand what kind of lack of talent you are critizising, Big Jim? Is it the Britney Spears'? Is it the Autotune plug-in? Is it the homogenization of music on the radio?

You are free to seek out great shows, buy the records you like, listen to the radio you want ect..

What?