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Apostate_Nate t1_j65lcw6 wrote

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Cool, it's okay to have a bad take you won't drop, since it doesn't affect anyone else.

Who cares if Bernie Taupin co-wrote the songs with Elton John? He isn't a performing musician. You keep trying to say things that make no sense while presuming that others will agree. I don't. Others don't. The meaning of the words you're using don't agree with the intent you have given them.

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[deleted] OP t1_j65oh21 wrote

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Apostate_Nate t1_j65pfhe wrote

How lovely of you to presume.

I'm coming at this from the perspective of a multigenerational musician, who grew up with recording artists of various levels of popularity around the house, and who has both been the lead singer, the solo artist, and the writer who wasn't even on stage.

And I still disagree.

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[deleted] OP t1_j65pipn wrote

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Apostate_Nate t1_j65pm1b wrote

You're the one who came in to the post threads to deliberately poop all over what others were saying.

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[deleted] OP t1_j65rn38 wrote

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Apostate_Nate t1_j65skc4 wrote

I think in a lot of cases when it comes to bands, it really depends on how the group came into being. Were they a bunch of friends who decided to pick up instruments and make music, get popular, etc? Or was it a person putting together a group of musicians to back their work? Does the sound fall apart when you change one or more members? There's a lot of different little things that go toward making that determination.

As to single artists creating and releasing music under a 'band name' I think most of them should probably be considered solo acts.

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