Hey, Soul Sister

Take notes of what?

The fact that he’s been successful?

I don’t see anything in this text that indicates, even remotely, that you yourself have any kind of clue of what exactly it is that has made Lind successful as a songwriter.

I guess you THINK you understand it… sice you’re asking other people to take notes.

But I don’t think you do.

If you do, please explain it to us other mortals.

First, I`ll give you (some) credit for being able to criticize me so harshly, through the internet, while still making sense.

When I refer to success, Im mean his longevity as an artist/performer and cross-continental qualities.

If you watched the embeded video, of a very young Espen Lind?

He gives quite a few, tips on how to be successful in the late 90s…probably useful, even today!

Yes, maybe i was a bit harsh.

I’m just generally allergic to art specialists of any kind.

People who specialize in finding out exactly what it is that makes good art, be it paintings, music, or other kinds, generally suck just as much as the rest of us when it comes to getting it right.

Two examples:

1) Art critics at the time of Piccasso: They argued that his painings didn’t fulfill their own criteria for being “good art”… So, they were “specialists”, but yet they didn’t spot good art even when it was put in front of their nose.

2) The recent TV show X-Factor (in Norway): Judge Peter Peters passed on three non-talented blondes to the final, at the expense of Elin Gaustad, the only participant who probably had had a trace of the “x-factor” which they were looking for.

The point is: You cannot pinpoint what it is that makes up good art. If you could, it wouldn’t be art, and anyone could do it.

It’s a catch-22, so to speak…

That’s why I’m deeply sceptical to anyone who specialize in this field, and who claim to know better than others what it is that makes good art.