Comments on: Cumulative Advantage http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/ your source for illegal theology downloads Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:30:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sharolyn http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76263 Sharolyn Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:04:22 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76263 Mike, this explains a lot... :) "In 1987, Yanni was putting together his first touring band to promote his album Out of Silence, as well as selections from Keys to Imagination. Being good friends, Tesh asked Yanni if he could join the band as keyboardist..." Mike, this explains a lot… :)

“In 1987, Yanni was putting together his first touring band to promote his album Out of Silence, as well as selections from Keys to Imagination. Being good friends, Tesh asked Yanni if he could join the band as keyboardist…”

]]> By: Sharolyn http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76262 Sharolyn Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:01:38 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76262 Mike - LOL (John Tesh). June - I have been wondering about this in the back of my mind for years. What an interesting comparison. I know this is not the point, but he also does not look like the same guy! Mike - LOL (John Tesh).

June - I have been wondering about this in the back of my mind for years. What an interesting comparison. I know this is not the point, but he also does not look like the same guy!

]]> By: june http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76178 june Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:57:33 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76178 It's just sad. It’s just sad.

]]> By: Morphea http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76148 Morphea Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:49:29 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76148 June, thanks very much for that. This is a great article with many interesting linky linkies. Wow - I'm amazed at the side-by-side comparisons. Poor man. No wonder I always feel like I've eaten too much of the White Witch's turkish delight after viewing his later work. Sweet, comforting (except I could never live in one of those danged cottages. I'd never keep up with the weeding) and fluffy - and leaving you feeling a bit sick and empty. As an artist it must burn your delicate eyes even more. Cerise June, thanks very much for that. This is a great article with many interesting linky linkies. Wow - I’m amazed at the side-by-side comparisons. Poor man. No wonder I always feel like I’ve eaten too much of the White Witch’s turkish delight after viewing his later work. Sweet, comforting (except I could never live in one of those danged cottages. I’d never keep up with the weeding) and fluffy - and leaving you feeling a bit sick and empty.

As an artist it must burn your delicate eyes even more.

Cerise

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76130 michael lee Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:46:23 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76130 June, this is great stuff - I had no idea. Makes me want to go back and research some of John Tesh's early music. June, this is great stuff - I had no idea. Makes me want to go back and research some of John Tesh’s early music.

]]> By: june http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76123 june Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:53:13 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76123 The thing about it is, Tom can paint. I discovered this fact some years ago when I decided to do a little Kincade research. Brace yourself, and check this out: http://www.girrard.com/about.php For those who need a little technical help understanding the shift in Tom's work: http://www.evangelicaloutpost.com/archives/001201.html So, out of the plethora of questions that beg to be answered in regard to all things Kincade, the one that rises to the top is: Why, oh why dear Tom, did you cease singing the beautiful oratorias you are capable of, only to sing "Stop and let me tell you..." over and over and over and over? (And in case you didn't have enough irony with your breakfast this morning: How does Kinkade regard Picasso? "I don't believe, in time, that he will be regarded as the titan that he is now," says Kinkade. "He is a man of great talent who, to me, used it to create three Picassos before breakfast because he could get $10,000 each for them." from: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/11/21/60minutes/main318790.shtml) The thing about it is, Tom can paint. I discovered this fact some years ago when I decided to do a little Kincade research. Brace yourself, and check this out:

http://www.girrard.com/about.php

For those who need a little technical help understanding the shift in Tom’s work:
http://www.evangelicaloutpost.com/archives/001201.html

So, out of the plethora of questions that beg to be answered in regard to all things Kincade, the one that rises to the top is: Why, oh why dear Tom, did you cease singing the beautiful oratorias you are capable of, only to sing “Stop and let me tell you…” over and over and over and over?

(And in case you didn’t have enough irony with your breakfast this morning: How does Kinkade regard Picasso? “I don’t believe, in time, that he will be regarded as the titan that he is now,” says Kinkade. “He is a man of great talent who, to me, used it to create three Picassos before breakfast because he could get $10,000 each for them.” from: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/11/21/60minutes/main318790.shtml)

]]> By: june http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76025 june Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:18:41 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-76025 8th wonder of the world. Don't get me started. 8th wonder of the world.

Don’t get me started.

]]> By: Sharolyn http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75970 Sharolyn Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:04:15 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75970 Aly, good point. June, is this the case with Thomas Kincade? I don't understand why his is so successful. To me, he is like Kenny G. or something. Aly, good point.

June, is this the case with Thomas Kincade? I don’t understand why his is so successful. To me, he is like Kenny G. or something.

]]> By: aly hawkins http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75966 aly hawkins Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:44:52 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75966 I think this is the same dynamic at work in high school -- popularity perpetuates itself. (I know this from observation, not experience!) I think this is the same dynamic at work in high school — popularity perpetuates itself. (I know this from observation, not experience!)

]]> By: Bobby http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75896 Bobby Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:18:31 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75896 [quote post="1372"]The pessimist in me looks at this and thinks, “Well, if we want to make money as a label, and quality doesn’t matter as much as luck, let’s do 500 crappy projects a week, release them all, and see which ones land.”[/quote] Tooth & Nail called... they said they trademarked that strategy years ago and want it back. [quote post="1372"]The pessimist in me looks at this and thinks, “Well, if we want to make money as a label, and quality doesn’t matter as much as luck, let’s do 500 crappy projects a week, release them all, and see which ones land.”[/quote]

Tooth & Nail called… they said they trademarked that strategy years ago and want it back.

]]> By: june http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75875 june Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:32:45 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75875 I think this applies to the visual arts as well. Which is, as Mike articulated, both encouraging and soul-sucking at the same time. I think this applies to the visual arts as well. Which is, as Mike articulated, both encouraging and soul-sucking at the same time.

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75871 michael lee Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:55:54 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75871 [quote comment="75855"]I wonder if an article like this gives up-and-comers <i>more</i> hope or <i>less</i> hope of being a chart-topper. [/quote] The optimist in me hopes that this gives young artists more freedom to follow their own creative instincts, rather than trying to hit some magic formula. If the fame and fortune part is mostly the whim of the market rush, all the more reason to ignore fame and fortune as motivating factors for being creative. The pessimist in me looks at this and thinks, "Well, if we want to make money as a label, and quality doesn't matter as much as luck, let's do 500 crappy projects a week, release them all, and see which ones land." [quote comment="75855"]I wonder if an article like this gives up-and-comers more hope or less hope of being a chart-topper. [/quote]

The optimist in me hopes that this gives young artists more freedom to follow their own creative instincts, rather than trying to hit some magic formula. If the fame and fortune part is mostly the whim of the market rush, all the more reason to ignore fame and fortune as motivating factors for being creative.

The pessimist in me looks at this and thinks, “Well, if we want to make money as a label, and quality doesn’t matter as much as luck, let’s do 500 crappy projects a week, release them all, and see which ones land.”

]]> By: corey http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75855 corey Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:09:21 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2007/04/17/cumulative-advantage/#comment-75855 Great article. Thanks, Mike. I wonder if an article like this gives up-and-comers <i>more</i> hope or <i>less</i> hope of being a chart-topper. I look at the Lenny Kravitzes of the world and say, "oh, yeah, of COURSE they're stars. They were meant to be stars". But then it hits me that I know <i>lots</i> of interesting people with larger than life personas (hi, Ash) and all of the demons and trappings of tormented artistry, and they're no closer to super-stardom than the everyman folks I know (and am). Anyway, good article. Thanks again, Mike, for scouring the net to find interesting things for me to read while I'm shunning official news channels. Great article. Thanks, Mike. I wonder if an article like this gives up-and-comers more hope or less hope of being a chart-topper. I look at the Lenny Kravitzes of the world and say, “oh, yeah, of COURSE they’re stars. They were meant to be stars”. But then it hits me that I know lots of interesting people with larger than life personas (hi, Ash) and all of the demons and trappings of tormented artistry, and they’re no closer to super-stardom than the everyman folks I know (and am).

Anyway, good article. Thanks again, Mike, for scouring the net to find interesting things for me to read while I’m shunning official news channels.

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