Last week, I went to see the James Taylor/Carole King concert. It got me thinking about the state of the recording industry today. Would a woman like Carole King be able to find success today? I'm just not sure. She didn't have a gimmick back in the day. She was a songwriter who tried her best to become a performer also.
If she came out today, I don't think we would have gotten an album like Tapestry. Or we would have, but a hot chick would be singing all of the songs. It's unfortunate, but that appears to be the state that we're in.
This is part of the reason why Lady GaGa is trying to be so outrageous. Without all of her craziness, would people have taken notice of her? If she got rid of all the gimmicks today, she'd be fine and still be successful, but starting out, no one would have ever given her the time of day.
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