a_seattle_ian@lemmy.ml to Music@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoRodriguez, Detroit Singer Behind “Sugar Man,” Dies at 81pitchfork.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkRodriguez, Detroit Singer Behind “Sugar Man,” Dies at 81pitchfork.coma_seattle_ian@lemmy.ml to Music@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRobert@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago@beeng By “luck” I’m assuming you mean “nepotism”, yes? It doesn’t matter how lucky, talented, or hard working you are. We’ve known that the American music “industry” is an oligopoly for decades, now. Let’s not nurture the notion that it’s open for talented people to join off their merits.
minus-squarebeenglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoBit too much of a generalisation for me that one, but I get your underlying point.
minus-squareRobert@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago@beeng That’s fair; I tend to get a bit too broad in my comments.
@beeng
By “luck” I’m assuming you mean “nepotism”, yes?
It doesn’t matter how lucky, talented, or hard working you are. We’ve known that the American music “industry” is an oligopoly for decades, now. Let’s not nurture the notion that it’s open for talented people to join off their merits.
Bit too much of a generalisation for me that one, but I get your underlying point.
@beeng
That’s fair; I tend to get a bit too broad in my comments.