Part of the issue, to me, is that one may hear a crappy song promoted to a money audience that goes platinum and a great artist, great song with great production values fall flat in the market because the time was wrong.
When we listen to Barry Gordy's wall of sound today some of it makes me cringe but back in the day, it was hot because we were all looking for "Love"
My wife and I were discussing how to bring our music to the public without selling out to the promotion of the genera. How do you write and produce a Gospel CD that gets the message you want to talk about without losing your ethics in the battle to be heard? Our thought is to do it ourselves and focus on the message not the illusive super exposure that the Gospel Music industry may have.
I have seen too many people lose themselves in the industry they thought to master. It could be Hollywood or Nashville or ...........(Fill in the blank)
I guess dangle your own carrot, Wyndham