I don't get why mainstream success must equal "not being a proper musician". The author sounds a bit like a frustrated punk fan of the old times who hates the

I don't get why mainstream success must equal "not being a proper musician". The author sounds a bit like a frustrated punk fan of the old times who hates the establishment for being the majority. It doesn't even matter what you like, as long as nobody else likes it! Maybe I'm too old to care these days - I, also, detested everything mainstream in youth and early twenties, but now I am able to admit without shame that there's sometimes (but not too often) good songs on a normal radio station - even though what I really like usually is not played on air...