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Originally Posted by Pornwolf
Heh heh, how little you know.
How many shit concertos did Mozart compose before he hit a good one?
Did you know his father was a famous piano teacher and he came up under the wings of composers like Bach? Did you know he was hired to compose no name operas before he "hit it big" with his work? That's not an overnight success.
Hemmingway wrote tons of work you have never heard of. Not to mention he cut his teeth writing stories for a newspaper. He started his serious career writing short stories. Some were unpublished until later after he found fame. He didn't go from 0 to 60 as you suggest. He developed over a number of years.
The Beatles? Overnight success? Heh, do you really want me to explain that one to you? Let me give you key dates and you can work out the progress for yourself.
They had roughly formed the band in 1957.
They got a recorded their first song in 1960
They got their first big hit in 1962
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Exactly,
And in Mozarts time, people would PAY to go and see him play. He didn't have to worry about 100's of people thieving his compositions and trying to make a sly living at his expense. He made his money by touring and back then he was a European celebrity. At worse, you'd get a crowd of people hanging outside of the concert venue listening to muffles.
As for the Beatles, at that time the consumer didn't have the technology at hand to spread their works without the band profiting.
The compact cassete, even though invented in 1962 didn't even become popular in homes until the early 70's.
Now, whether its porn, music, games or dvds...people have too much technology and freedom from prosecution that its no surprise that piracy is rife.