> Sure, it's being smart to do what you have to do to keep
> yourself afloat while waiting for bigger and better
> things. From an artist's standpoint, however, it's
> selling out. People who care enough about their art won't
> compromise it to make a quick buck.
It could be classed as selling-out you're right, it's not something I would personally do, but would I then be being smart or stubborn?
> Given these things then, it leads me to believe that he
> isn't really much of an artist. It's like saying that
> Thomas Edison was a great inventor because he invented the
> light bulb. Although it was a ground-breaking
> achievement, the fact that it took over 1000 tries to get
> it right shows that it was a result of more perspiration
> than inspiration.
Thomas Edison didn't fail 1000 times before he made the lightbulb, he discovered a 1000 ways of how not to make a lightbulb...LOL
> So Meat being willing to do whatever to keep that money
> rolling in may be fine for him, but in the end it only
> proves that he is more concerned with fame and fortune
> than the art. So from an artist's standpoint (which I
> have been measuring this by), the practice is lacking in
> moral conviction.
There's an ego and an arrogance that drives most artists to do what they do, the need for fame and fortune sometimes clouds their moral convictions like you've said, I absolutely cannot disagree with that. But just because someone might lack moral convictions, doesn't mean they're not smart.
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