[habiTat]

This 'song' is number one in the UK charts and is currently sitting at around 337,776,988 hits on Youtube.

From what I can see (being a bit of an old fart ) the best way to push for worldwide musical success seems to be by making a repetitive (albeit slightly catchy) track with a dancey beat and putting it to a video of people doing a silly dance. Then unleash it on the internet.

*head in hands*

I think it's time to go through my old songs, find one catchy line or verse, loop it over and over and add a dance beat.

Now where's my silly hat and video camera..?

The world awaits..

[tone]

Haha it can be frustrating, can't it?

But there's another way to look at it. Having success the charts is no longer a measure of good songwriting. It's a measure of good marketing, and a little luck thrown in. I'm not saying that there are never any good songs in the charts anymore, just that there aren't many...

But here's my analogy. So many chart-topping acts are here today, gone tomorrow. They have a small bit of success and then no-one hears from them again. Kind of like a newspaper article.

Good music is still around years after its release, and the people who made it are generally involved in making music permanently. Their music is like literature. There may be a dwindling demand for it, but that's no reason to stop making it, right?

What would you rather make: a tabloid story or a work of literature?

I know where I stand. Let the chart-toppers have their silly dances; we have art to make!