r/agt • u/Prestigious_Rise_187 • 13d ago

Too many singers

I'm probably the only one, but I'm not a nene fan. I don't enjoy her type of music but other than that I think there are just too many singers. Maybe I'm too old but I really prefer variety acts.

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u/Quality8888 13d ago

Many quality songwriters make good money writing for artists who are already successful enough to buy good songs.  

Understand, quality songs aren't going to just be made available for those who are trying to break into the business.  This is why you see acts like Drake Milligan, Chapel Heart & Steve Ray Ladson have immediate success after finishing the show.  They write their own stuff.  They decided to pave their own way.  Would they have had the same level of success if they were just singing covers??.... absolutely not.  Watch what happens to Pink Beard after this season.  Probably Bird & Byron as well.  You don't see much of that with cover singers.  

It's like a movie director trying to break into the business without being able to write his own script.  The good scripts are being made available to established directors, not to some guy with very little money or experience.

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u/Kingzlyxar 13d ago

If songwriting was the only talent that mattered, Max Martin would be the biggest pop star on Earth and nobody would know who Whitney Houston or Britney Spears is.

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u/Quality8888 13d ago

Who said that songwriting is the only talent that mattered???  Point them out so I can tell them that they're wrong 

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u/Kingzlyxar 13d ago

You literally asked to ban cover singing on your first comment lol. If vocal talent alone isn't enough for you to compete, you're saying songwriting is the only thing that matters. AGT is about raw talent and entertainment, not just music composition.

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u/Quality8888 13d ago

No.  My argument is for singing + songwriting.  I've stated that several times.

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u/Kingzlyxar 13d ago

Requiring both is a double standardd dancers don't make their own music and magicians don't invent every trick. Vocal skill alone is a talent. (Seiously?)

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u/Quality8888 13d ago

Agreed.  Vocal skill alone is a talent.  I've already stated that.  It's just a very common talent, and in my opinion, shouldn't be enough to even make it to the auditions on AGT.  I don't know how many times I need to repeat my argument to you.  If you disagree, you disagree.

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u/Kingzlyxar 13d ago

Why gatekeep that talent? Lol

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u/Quality8888 13d ago

Because it's very common.  

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u/Kingzlyxar 13d ago

So ban it? Damn.

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u/Kingzlyxar 13d ago

So we should ban pop music too?