My boss’s boss has a daughter named Penelope. The past two years, she has come to the St. Patrick’s Day reception to sing alongside Ronan Tynan, one of the three “Irish Tenors.” Penelope, who turned 16 this year, doesn’t exactly have a great voice. She’s alright… but nothing special (and not normaly in tune).
Well it turns out that she put together a demo CD at a studio in NY with some pretty well-known studio engineers, and she doesn’t sound half bad on the CD.
The music, which she wrote (with some help), is kind of poppy-folky. It’s kind of boring. Her voice doesn’t really take me anywhere. She isn’t into it enough.
I guess with all their money, it’s still possible she’ll end up with some kind of recording contract somewhere and then maybe she’ll get better.
The point is, it doesn’t take talent to be successful. I mean, it’s nice, and it helps, but really it takes luck and money. That’s not to say you can’t be successful without money, but if you have it, you’ve got a much better shot.
What Darren says. It also helps greatly to have good contacts. I know lots of people out there who are dripping with talent but who have no money or contacts, and are languishing in vain. And others with an average amount of talent but ass-kickingly good networking skills who are getting work. So it goes.
Oh, and off topic — I like the new look.