So begs the question, who/what is the "Prime Mover" that decides the flavour of the day, in music?
Sure corporations can throw money to help "The Anointed One/s" to succeed, but money and backing does not guarantee it will hit.
Does the general public still not have a say in what lives on the airwaves, drive many to spend millions on promoted music?
The music experience is so different from how we get our music today. The times of millions experiencing the same "moments" through media has, for the most part, passed because of how many choices and outlets that exists nowadays.
Seems one of the few places left to have that shared social musical experience with millions of others IS through shows like AI
"Haley's Journey" is a prime example of how a powerful shared experience can motivate people to pull an artist into the spotlight, disrupting the script and changing what was status quo
On the other hand, at no time in the modern era, thnx to entities like YouTube and Twitter, has the potential for a "Nobody" to become a "Somebody" been so great.
Paradoxical, to say the least...
