Quote Originally Posted by overgrowthegovt
Agreed, man. It's also sad how musicianship standards have dropped so low. If you wanted to be a star in the late '60s, you had to be able to play one mean guitar...nowadays, if you can barely play, no problem, we'll write you a nice single and have the whole thing consist of a 2-chord riff, so you'll be fine.
I totally agree with everything that has been stated so far. Now, music doesn't even really matter. Now, its all about looks. I saw a video the other day of that band "the Jonas Brothers". It was live but they weren't even playing their instruments. You could tell the guitar player was completely out of sync, he was basically lip syncing with his guitar. Its all about image these days, it really makes me sick. I consider myself to be a true musician. I'm proficient on several instruments and I write my own material. There's no freaking way I would sell out like all these lame teen bands out there now. What makes me even more angry is the fact that the general public buys into this trash. When will they wake up and realize that the media is controlling us and force us to like whatever it says we will like. Think for yourselves folks.