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7th Feb 2020, 1:52 PM
	Quad5point1 SUBS Member since Jul 2012 10706 Points	kab2112 wrote: There is a lot of talent out there doing the circuit of small venues, clubs etc. It looks very much like if you don't get onto any of the TV "Reality" shows or music channels then you won't get very far. My favourite genre I suppose is Rock and Blues/Rock. Most of the "rock" TV channels only play established artists. We need a new "John Peel" or "Tommy Vance" otherwise it's the overnight pop sensations who will continue to rule. Record companies look for success not talent. So it's probably established artists who will prove to be "Album favourites" I don't know if it's a toss up between success and talent I think it's more like making a quick buck. After all, who could say that Yes, Genesis, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin King Crimson et al were not successful, it just so happens that they were talented along with it. All these bands (especially Prog Rock Bands) railed against the norm and the whole way through the 60's and 70's we were witnessing music that just steadily progressed from being different to being exceptional with exceptional musicians. I recently added a CD by an Australian band called Taxiride called IMAGINATE and at first listening I thought that these guys aren't half bad at all. I thought they may have sounded a bit "boy bandish" but then even The Beatles were at one time a Boy Band, + these guys were also multi-instrumentalists and great vocalists, some really great tracks on that album even daring to take on a Crosby, Stills & Nash song, and that's from 1999. So they've been, made 3 albums and gone. The other bands that have kept me ticking over through the 80's and 90's are The Outfield and Collective Soul and they are without doubt both successful and talented. So in the end it's people like Simon Cowell and Pete Waterman who perpetuate all this nonsense that's floating about now who are in my opinion just flotsam and jetsam and making them a quick buck in the process.