When people decide to like or not like an artist because of how they look (IE > "Don't Like Adele, because she's fat. Like LadyGaga because she does strange stuff and behaves like diva.)
It is true - Video Killed the Radio Star. This is one reason I don't think I will ever be more than an amateur - because I will not have my talent like to how I look. Think about it, go back a generation or two and what kind of artist was popular?
There's Jimi Hendrix, Nat King Cole, Cass Elliot (Mama Cass). Talent that lasts and their songs and works are still listened to and popular today.
And who is popular today? Justin Beiber and LadyGaga. One a conformist (Beiber) who allowed his talent to be usurped for the sake of popularity and one an extremist - who sold out any talent she possessed (which I don't feel she had that much of) for shock value. Or perhaps she did shock value to hide the fact that she is not an excellent talent?
How many of tday's artists' songs will be listened to in a generation?
I'm not sure, but autotune has certainly lowered expectations of pure talent.
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