[freejazz]

Do you actually know any artists or musicians? Any of them that are successful? What you described wouldn't be "selling out," it'd be success. Selling out is the food service job they do to pay their rent, or the lessons they teach, etc. The person you were responding to was pointing out that it's not likely that there is a market for everyone's art, even if everyone was true to their own creative vision.

[WalterBright]

> Do you actually know any artists or musicians?

Yes, many among family and friends.

> What you described wouldn't be "selling out," it'd be success.

"Selling out" is a common epithet leveled at artists who became successful. Nirvana, for example, was often accused of selling out.

[freejazz]

Yeah but that wasn't the context the person you were responding to was using it in. By your own example, Nirvana doesn't make any sense as they were tremendously successful doing their thing

[WalterBright]

Oh, it certainly is the context. Nirvana had its beginnings and appeal by being uninterested in success and only played to a niche as "their" group. When Nirvana suddenly became wildly successful, that group felt betrayed.

Nirvana is the perfect example of what I was talking about.

[freejazz]

Yeah, what you were talking about... not what the other poster was talking about. Try to read and understand other's posts.