Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2(pesnta.1.2) 9/5/84; site idsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!pesnta!idsvax!steiny From: steiny@idsvax.UUCP (Don Steiny) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Re: Good and bad music Message-ID: <179@idsvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 02:00:23 EDT Article-I.D.: idsvax.179 Posted: Wed Jun 26 02:00:23 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 05:22:06 EDT References: <2891@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Independent Consultant - C/UNIX, Natural Language Lines: 19 > > Just a little more food for thought. There must be a fair number of > musicians on this net. If top-40 music is so simple and formula, then > any good musician should be able to write a top-40 hit. Try it. At worst, > you'll see that's it's not that easy. At best, you'll get rich! > > Seth Jackson > dec-curium!jackson Writing the song is just a tiny tiny part of making a top 40 hit. The marketing is enormous and expensive. John Fogerty, now, that guy can crank out top 40 hits. He has it wired. pesnta!idsvax!steiny Don Steiny - Computational Linguistics 109 Torrey Pine Terr. Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 (408) 425-0832