I started playing alto sax in 6th grade and was singing for a rock band at age 22. Nothing mindblowing but good enough to make money and draw a small following. It's true there were, and still are, incredibly talented musicians in the genre, rock is such a wide spectrum the talent pool basically spills over.
I guess what I meant was that talent alone won't put you on that grand stage. You MUST be able to put on that show that draws the public's attention. Otherwise you become a studio musician (no slur there, the greatest players I met - hands down), or like the vast vast majority of us - do something else.
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