Originally Posted by
crazymanwithaplunger
I also don't like the idea that people who are mainstream or poppy or whatever are treated like they are a subclass of musician. Christina Aguilera (as an example) has to work just as hard at what she does as anyone else out there. People like here may not write their own music, but as far as their career goes - it wouldn't be easy being them, and it doesn't detract fomr their ability to be musical. Not every musician is also a songwriter - in fact most musicians in my opinion should just not bother. Same as not every song writer is a muso -and then some people who can play or sing should bother trying to be either and just play their bit that someone else wrote, it works out better for everyone that way.
I personally don't care how "manufactured" something is, as long I beleive that the band or person singing/playing fits that song. When a song is manufactured and the person is forced to fit that style or whatever then it doesn't sound right. When they try to hard to make it like something else that the singer/band actualyl isn't, just to try and be popular, then I don't like it.
I got off topic.....Yes, people practise nowadays just as much as the guys back then.