I MUST BE JUST A HOBBYIST THEN.....despite the fact that I have made a good living from music for over forty years. I do believe that getting lucky is the major factor in any music career. I see people with more talent and who work harder than the "non lucky" people do.....YET despite all that they do not make it as big. Luck is the only difference between the two.
I have met a lot of top bill stars in my time and to a man they all agree that they were lucky in being in the right place at the right time and met the right people.
Rod Stewart would still be playing harmonica in a railway station if Long John Baldry had not spotted him there and helped him launch his career.
Jimi Hendrix would still be playing in obscure Greenwich bars if Chas Chandler had not spotted him, taken him to the UK and formed the Experience.
Yes they had talent but would still be relatively nowhere without getting lucky.

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