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Old 18th November 2009, 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0 View Post
Keeping it with western artists, both Lady Gaga and Tori could write their own songs & play piano, why is Tori off in the background but Lady Gaga is the queen of top 40 radio right now? It coulda gone either way for both of them, really.
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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi View Post
Gaga's goal is to release mainstream music, and the same goes for ayu... it doesn't matter how personal they can go with their music, it still is mainstream and pop enough to have massive airplay. The good aspect of being an artist like Tori is that you can really release the most original and personal music u r able to, but you will need to sacrifice a wider audience in order to do so...
Interesting comparisons. Tori Amos is very talented indeed, but I find her music much harder to decipher than most. Ayumi's intent seems more clear.
I don't think that Ayumi's aim is only to have mainstream music. I find it so interesting that Alterna was on the Fairyland single. Was ourselves a mainstream song? Mirrorcle world? I think she experiments when she can. But yes, Tori Amos' music is very unique and is a class of its own, thus the very devoted fanbase.
Lady Gaga? I though we were talking about established artists who have more than 1 album and have a larger vocabulary than (insert word of choice) stick.

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