Gearslutz.com - View Single Post - Can you Produce a "Hit Song" ?
View Single Post
Old 30th July 2007   #246
C Heat
Lives for gear
 
C Heat's Avatar
 
Joined: Nov 2005
Location: In a house by the sea
Posts: 2,657

Quote:
Originally Posted by superclock View Post
I think it's funny that people talk about the songwriters and artists who dominate radio as having little or no talent. The reality is that they have an incredible talent that seems to elude the majority of the musician/producer/songwriter population . . . they can write songs that appeal to huge numbers of people. Whether it's out of jealousy, spite or ignorance, to belittle someone else who has something you don't is a very common psychological tactic for self-preservation. I am a sucker for a good hook anyday, no matter the style of music. And good hooks aren't written by marketing departments.
Well there's a diamond in the rough right there

Can I be your friend?
__________________
“It’s better to write one really good song than ten pretty good songs. The songwriter who writes one number one song is more remembered than the guy who gets two or three album cuts.”Billy Steinberg.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
C Heat is offline   Reply With Quote