Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:52 am
Last night (just before that dreadful storm broke out - you probably heard about it), we were at the supermarket. The three young girls behind us at the checkout were happily looking over their purchases in the cart - a heck of a lotta' junk food - and chatting about music.
One of them broke out into song . . . her two friends were embarassed - everybody's looking, one said, but I said 'no - go on - it's free entertainment!'
She was a great singer, knew the lyrics, how to place them, how to breathe - she has the makings of a great performer, the way I saw it.
But unless she's got a lot of money, a rich uncle, parents who will let her devote twenty years of her life to music and giving a lotta' freebie performances, she's not gonna' make it.
Why? Because people naturally tend to follow performers with the most publicity money to spend.
That, of course, doesn't really matter if you think about it - art is to be shared, not bought.
Art is NOT a contest; it's a celebration!
Someday the world might see that.
One of them broke out into song . . . her two friends were embarassed - everybody's looking, one said, but I said 'no - go on - it's free entertainment!'
She was a great singer, knew the lyrics, how to place them, how to breathe - she has the makings of a great performer, the way I saw it.
But unless she's got a lot of money, a rich uncle, parents who will let her devote twenty years of her life to music and giving a lotta' freebie performances, she's not gonna' make it.
Why? Because people naturally tend to follow performers with the most publicity money to spend.
That, of course, doesn't really matter if you think about it - art is to be shared, not bought.
Art is NOT a contest; it's a celebration!
Someday the world might see that.