Just a Theory

I was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee and always wondered at the caliber of some of our street performers. Why would an authentic virtuoso be performing for change in a cup and perhaps a few dollar bills, while someone less talented scored a million dollar album deal?  I have after more than half a century come to the conclusion I had long suspected that it really is who you know, who you are related to, and/or who you are able to hire to represent you. There are tremendous talents working in a riverboat show for three thousand dollars a month and going to a food bank to feed their families, while a lesser performer strikes it big using Auto-tune, Pro tools, and MIDI to disguise all the flaws they have and enhance their listenability. Life is not fair, and neither is the music industry.