Steve Schwartz writes concerning standards of excellence:

>It should also be a standard better than "more people on my side than
>yours," because then it's a matter of crude numbers and Mariah Carey
>outsells Bach.

But only in the short-run, for a few years.  Folks like Carey are "here
today, gone tomorrow".  Fifty years from now, hardly anyone will recognize
the "Mariah Carey" name or play/buy her music.  My main man, Bach,
continues through the centuries.  So, in the long run, Bach outsells Carey.
That's one good thing about mediocrity or junk - it doesn't last very long.
There's always the next pile of junk to turn to.

Don Satz
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