So incredibly true. I bought Bruce Springsteens autobiography “Born to run” and he said he realized he wasn’t that great a singer nor that great a guitar player so he realized that he should focus 100% of his attention to songwriting which is just what he did and THAT is what got him his career. Fantastic book even though he is a lib........
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Another musician prodigy story that was common during the Rock era was the Session Guy cutting an album of his own songs with many of the successful acts that he played for over the years helping him out. Wow! you think, that’ll HAVE to rock! Nope. A guy who can take some 3 chord ditty find enough vibe and feel and perhaps a riff to gild it, and do this over and over again for a decade CANNOT WRITE A SONG OF HIS OWN THAT ANYONE CARES ABOUT. Counter intuitive...