Great essay! Love the Beatles, and I really credit them with blowing the doors down for other creative acts to follow. My theory is that the Beatles were such a black swan event that the suits gave up trying to predict the next big thing and just gave a chance to everyone with a guitar and potential songwriting skills, giving us an incre…
Great essay! Love the Beatles, and I really credit them with blowing the doors down for other creative acts to follow. My theory is that the Beatles were such a black swan event that the suits gave up trying to predict the next big thing and just gave a chance to everyone with a guitar and potential songwriting skills, giving us an incredible renaissance in popular music in the late 60s/early 70s that has not been matched since. Gradually, though, the businessmen and their formulas took back over, slowly squeezing out the creativity and artistry and leaving the mainstream record industry as it is today, dominated by formulaic hacks relying on hi-tech gimmicks rather than a real passion for music.
Great essay! Love the Beatles, and I really credit them with blowing the doors down for other creative acts to follow. My theory is that the Beatles were such a black swan event that the suits gave up trying to predict the next big thing and just gave a chance to everyone with a guitar and potential songwriting skills, giving us an incredible renaissance in popular music in the late 60s/early 70s that has not been matched since. Gradually, though, the businessmen and their formulas took back over, slowly squeezing out the creativity and artistry and leaving the mainstream record industry as it is today, dominated by formulaic hacks relying on hi-tech gimmicks rather than a real passion for music.