Man are you dead on with Milli Vanilli...and now that we are more or less on the same page...


No question there are acts that get promoted that should not, by "our standards" get promoted. At the lower end of the food chain, I've seen "managers" put bands together from their other pieces and send them out on the road...not because they're any good, just because it maintains a revenue stream for them.


So no question the business side drives a large part of the agenda, and that is not always a good thing creative wise.


I guess the answer to your key question "why cannot truly talented people get the break they deserve" is that it is an "ideal" at odds with reality.


The best do not always become corporate managers, executives and company CEOs. The best operating software does not necessarily sell the most. The best qualified people do not necessarily become prime minister. That has more to do with how they present themselves, who their friends are, their personal ambitions, drive and capabilities etc.


So talent does not automatically equate to success.


I guess success depends more on making the right connections, seizing the right opportunities, being in the right place at the right time, being easy to work with, having the right parents,...etc


And yeah, that does mean that some great talent gets missed or insufficent exposure....but don't get too excited...because I won't conclude that just because some talent gets missed, that those that do make it deserve it less....

I will though agree that it is true in some cases...like Milli Vanilli, and who can forget the Bay City Rollers ...were they not also Scottish?? As I recall, they were huge for a year or so, then began changing personnel as members began leaving and their record company tried to keep things alive.

We could start a whole new thread about bands that are not the same anymore, but tour on their early cred with no original members...man does that shore up part of your argument...that folks go to see acts that are only names...

And someone mentioned Menudo. Are they not a Brazilian boy band that is now about 5 decades old? They keep cycling through young idols because management owns the name...but it does appeal to the young who know no better...again shoring up your argument.

Nothing like advocating for the other side after scoring points with the one side. What can I say...you chose to "argue" with an INTJ...we're like that. We do it for sport smile

If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop