Well, I think that it's sort of the "know your market" thing. American Idol is not the only place to start a music career. In fact, it's really only viable for a small handful of musicians.
It's sort of like when a genre writer submits to non-genre agents or publications. No matter how good you are, you're gonna get rejected because that's just not the right venue.
My problem with this show is that it gives this illusion that if you win, it's instant fame and wealth and success for the rest of your life, and if you look at previous idol winners (if you can even remember who they are), a lot of them are really fighting to keep continuing their careers. Winning a contest does not guarantee a high flying career for life. You have to work at that really hard.
Just like I keep reminding myself that it's not just breaking into writing and getting that first book published, but what you do AFTER that so you get to have more books published.
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It's sort of like when a genre writer submits to non-genre agents or publications. No matter how good you are, you're gonna get rejected because that's just not the right venue.
My problem with this show is that it gives this illusion that if you win, it's instant fame and wealth and success for the rest of your life, and if you look at previous idol winners (if you can even remember who they are), a lot of them are really fighting to keep continuing their careers. Winning a contest does not guarantee a high flying career for life. You have to work at that really hard.
Just like I keep reminding myself that it's not just breaking into writing and getting that first book published, but what you do AFTER that so you get to have more books published.