>..UNTIL they created those characters.

How is this contradicting what I said? Creating an appealing package is all part of the process... but it's step two not step 1 or 1a.

>And it's not as if today's artists don't also spend years
>toiling in the dark until they finally come into an image that
>clicks with the audience.

You're talking about finding an image and I'm talking about finding a sound and then refining your image. I mean I'm sure you can find a name or two that went about it that old way but for the most part there aren't dues being paid the way George, Rick, EWF, etc paid them. You and I both know acts aren't given nearly the time they used to be given. It's pretty much inherent on an artist now to have the image ready to go from jump or there may be no second chance.




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