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Zac_The_Ripper:
I'll never understand why people consider making it big "selling out".  My own opinions on this matter are:
1) As an artist, it is your purpose in life to enlighten as many people as possible, in a way that they would never be able to do on their own.  By becoming successful, it helps you to acheive this, and also demonstrates to you the large, and growing, number of people who have been "enlightened" by your own hard work.
2) Personally, I consider "selling out" to be when an individual chooses, purely for the purposes of monetary gain, to use their fame/ reputation/ influence to sell a product that is not the result of their creative labour.  The product itself is irrelevant, as is the individual (or group of individuals) and their fame/ reputation(s)/ influence.

Surely I'm not the only person that feels this way?

This thread is not to become a list of who you consider to have/ have not "sold out".  If you want to reply, keep the naming of names to an absolute minimum

Just because I've stated my opinion, it doesn't mean I think you're wrong

Storm Rider:
I define 'selling out' as taking your music in a different direction (often a worse one) so that it will appeal to a greater demographic and thereby earning you more money. It doesn't necessarily have to be something you didn't create. The obvious one is Metallica deciding they liked huge piles of money more than playing good music.

Gryff:
I liked YOUR MOM better before she sold out.

Zac_The_Ripper:
That's a very good point, Storm, and one I hadn't thought of.  Anyone else got something I missed?

Spike:
It is difficult for me to define selling out for the sole fact that the lines between selling out and musical exploration can sometimes be blurred.  I could only say a band really sold out if a band produced an album that had very different characteristics from the bands older works and that this album sounds very similar to another popular band.  Or if a band toned itself down to be released to little kids, or god forbid kidz bop.

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