It depends what you call success, really. If you want anarchy, ChatRoulette's got it. If you want genuine mass appeal, then you need to meet the mainstream half

It depends what you call success, really. If you want anarchy, ChatRoulette's got it. If you want genuine mass appeal, then you need to meet the mainstream halfway. Look at the career trajectory of most bands. If you insist, you can call that a sell-out, because it is. But what it really is is optimizing for a different pay-off.