Carthehorse,

I don't know if there would be another Beatles. I think they all find their way. I will tell you this. That the waiting time now for songs from the time they are written, to the time they get in the pipeling to getting out there and becoming hits, are sometimes between 5-8 years. Most acts take three years of developement from being signed to having a release out there. and most never see the light of day.

I look at many friends of mine, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Big Kenny of Big and Rich, and know how long it took them to get anything out there. How long it took songs that I first heard being played in writer's rounds and open mics years ago. I know the people who never went anywhere.

Someone said the Beatles were around for 10 years before they broke big. That is just about any one that has ever been in the business. The BAND did their movie, the LAST WALTZ after ten years and most of the people had not known who they were until they broke up.

It is the nature of things. It is the same way now as it has always been. It is populated mostly by people who are above mediocre, flash in the pans.there are a few recognized genuises in one way or another. And there are a LOT of people who should be farther along, but for whatever reason self inflicted or just the "way things are" don't get the breaks.

It is fine to talk about all this, vent if we want, whatever. But when it comes down to it, any of us can only be responsible for the 15% that we can do something about. Write, perform, record.The rest is up to other people, other things. At the end of the day, I just don't see a lot of upside in complaining about anything, at least for me. I would rather find things that work and spend my time exploring that.

Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

MAB