Would you take the fame?

[dancingmaniac3]

Originally Posted by dballin4

There is a HUGE difference between the "fame" you get by posting a video on youtube and the fame you get while being in a major band. If you stood him next to one of the remaining Beatles, you can be damn sure that there would be FAR less people crowding around him asking for an autograph, a picture, or anything else people ask celebrities for. Guitar is simply a hobby for him. One that he is particularly good at. This doesn't mean he wants to be forced to play all the time or that he wants people to come up to him and suck his dick because he can play well.

That may be true, but despite the blatant differences amongst the different levels of fame, the concept is that he desired some sort of fame, whether it be a huge multi-million dollar contract with tons of people chanting his name in a new-age guitar band, or a bunch of stay-at-home internet junkies that enjoy surfing youtube and google video for random video clips of that sort. You gotta remember, the internet has revolutionized and spread through millions and millions of people around the world, which is nearly the same amount of listeners and/or fans that would have idolized him being in a band anyway, if not more. The only difference would be that his decision to join and become a star in a band would be a money-making process, while his own personal enjoyment of recording himself fulfilling his skillful hobby of guitar playing for the internet to experience with him is something he wanted to do, which indeed involves fame to a certain extent, just a different step on the ladder.