
Bonus Episode: Talent vs. Craft, Meatloaf, and Another Look at Nookie
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The Importance of Craft in Music
Robert Johnson played that guitar of his night and day, stopping only to slip into bed with different women in every town. Sonny Rollins obviously doubled down on craft, but to what end? If you ask the average person who Sonny Rollins was, I doubt they'd know. What if anything does Taylor Swift do to practice? Or Lady Gaga? Or Dave Grohl? These are some of the biggest entertainers in the history of modern pop music.
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