Really? I don't think the greatest of living artists created for Joe at all. They wrote and played long before Joe knew who they were and it wasn't until AFTER Joe accepted them did they have to keep the flame burning. Many could not. I believe a lot of great artists even left behind great works that were not studied and/or appreciated until long after their death.

Yes!!! I care about the T3 vs the G70 in the example you mention.......But only because the T3 offers me more "inspiration". More styles = more choices = more inspiration. If the G70 or PA2x had as many or more i would have one. Nothing to do with "joe".

I guess the difference here is I am about the craft and less about the profit. I write,play and record for me first. I enjoy the process regardless of the result. When the song is finished (or I'm just over it) I move on to the next one. Many people in the arts enjoy the process and are not focused on the acceptance of the result.

Now if art is ones sole source of income , then they have no choice but to follow trends,play the popular songs and succumb to "Joe and Joans's" needs...... Sing Margaritaville for the 1000th time...without being Jimmy Buffet. Push CD's at gigs for extra income.


The focus always has to be on the public acceptance. Mine really never has been. I made my bones doing 15 minutes a night of someone else's music as they did it as exactly as possible. The rest of the time it was all about me what I wanted to do without regard to the audience. I guess it's just a different perspective. I'm a studio rat. I really don't enjoy public performance as much...and would not enjoy being a living jukebox. Thats just not me. Thats the wife. She loves it.







[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 01-08-2009).]