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Originally Posted by Iain
Again, I have to say that this is complete tosh. If only that were the case. Sure confidence and motivation are important and it's surprising how far arrogance and bullshit seem to take some people. But ultimately talent is pretty important and, I think, a fair deal of good fortune. Also, it helps if you know people.
Alas, I think (and this is in life in general, not just the arts) that arrogance, bullshit, nepotism and networking get you further than talent, passion and all that.
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I know I shouldn't say anything, but I just can't help it... Basically, everyone here is being really contradictory... Most say that it's talent that should be nurtured, we want more noise records, let's hear more noise, but at the same time, you don't encourage anyone to actually go out and
make any noise, this is like saying, please drop off a cliff, but try not to get injured in the process... I know there are probably at least a million people out there who have failed to make any significant impact whatsoever on music of any sort, at any given moment. Does that mean every mofo who wants to get into noise should be given a slap on the arse, a brief introduction and a curt warning to 'get it right'? Is this what encouragement is about? I'm sorry if I sound like I'm ranting needlessly, but it doesn't seem like this boy is being encouraged to make music. If anything, people are actually warning him to watch out if he decides to; which is a good thing; but, honestly, I see less of warnings and more of discouragement. Screw this, he probably doesn't even care, it's the motherfucking piece of shit internet anyway, nobody fucking cares.