Four Follies and Counting

   Once again, hard rock loses out to pop.

   In four attempts at Norwin's Got Talent, Emmarie and I are 0 for 4.  Emmarie isn't dwelling on her most recent unfruitful attempt.  I, however, am pretty pissed about this one.

   I'll keep the sour grapes brief:  Her performance was excellent.  It was air-tight.  For the work I put into her backing track, the practice and the time she put into it, the performance was largely forgotten.  The judges were unimpressed and the remaining audience members were indifferent.

   This trend really frustrates people like me.  We watch act after act take the stage, singing Adele and T-Swift, song after song.  Only so many Adeles and Taylor Swifts can exist.  For a society that celebrates differences, it fails to show it, musically.

   The fact of the matter is people fear the music they're not spoonfed.  We idolize talentless artists people idiots like Nikki Minaj, Kanye West, Lil Kim etc. because that's what we're expected to like.