To clarify: The AI contestants are better singers, but it takes much more than being a good singer to be successful in the music/entertainment business. Almost no AI graduates will be able to make a living in show business, but there are and will be a few exceptions, like Underwood, Clarkson -- and HWCBN.
But just because most of them won't be able to make it -- in large part because they lack the looks, personality, and luck -- doesn't mean that I don't enjoy listening to them on AI. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PGage Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 6:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ooopsies. Dial carefully, America! There does seem to be some kind of disconnect in your argument though. AI explicitly says it is looking for a singer who will be a top charting recording artist. You say all of the top 36 or so each year are better than the kind of artists who top the charts. So how can AI singers be better than Top Charting singers? If AI = Top Charting, then how can AI > Top Charting? Or, to put it another way, if Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood are two of the most successful AI contestants, and they are also top charting recording artists, then doesn't that suggest that the best AI contestants are the same as most top charting recording artists, not better? When I read your criticism of "90 percent of the recording artists who top the charts these days" I think of singers just like Clarkson and Underwood, so I am not sure what distinction you are making. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
