I bet Taylor never planned on building her fan base from highly talented and skilled musicians, singers, songwriters, producers, music critics and industry insiders. She was probably smart enough to know that there aren't enough of them, they usually get their music for free and the general public could care less what they think.

Sometimes we forget that the entertainment industry is about entertainment not art. People want someone to help them feel the way they want to feel. Taylor does that for a lot of young teenage girls. If teenage girls like you teenage boys will buy you. If teenage boys like how you look all the better.

I hated disco but I danced to a lot of it because that's where the girls were and I happened to like girls better then the guys who liked the same music I did. Was Rod Stewart the best singer in those days? I don't think so but Jeff Beck played guitar for him? hmmm? Maybe he recognized Star Quality?

There are some very talented writers, musicians, producers... working with Taylor Swift and I haven't heard any of them complaining.

A great number of fans are being entertained by her so she must be a great entertainer.

That is the measure of her Star Quality!!!

Are Mick Jagger, Neil Young and even Hank Junior for that matter world class singers???

Who cares? The consumer gets to decide what they find entertaining.

I find it kind of funny when people say well he or she just did so and so and that's why they were successful.

So why don't you do the same thing???

Is she the only one who sent out friend requests on MySpace?

jeff epperson