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Another option is to specialize to a very large degree. It's possible for almost anyone (assuming sufficient motivation) to become a leading expert in a field o
by joefourier 8y ago
Another option is to specialize to a very large degree. It's possible for almost anyone (assuming sufficient motivation) to become a leading expert in a field or the one of the best at some activity, as long as it's sufficiently niche. You may have to go in a subfield of a subfield of a subfield in many cases, but it's much more realistic to be in the top 10 of something with just a few hundred practitioners than something with a few million.
Take music, becoming one of the top 100 pop musicians on the planet in terms of popularity is incredibly unlikely, but top 100 of some more obscure genre (such as synthwave) is more achievable. You can add more qualifiers - (e.g. Italo-disco inspired synthwave) until you feel comfortable with the pool of competitors, and you'll be far less at risk of feeling insignificant and overshadowed.
- postsantum 8y agoOr, instead of narrowing your niche, you can hone a combination of skills. Think of any of the multisport competitions (biathlon, triathlon, winter quadrathlon). The more exotic the combination, the more likely you are the best in the world.
- wink 8y agoPlease tell me Italo-disco inspired synthwave is not something you made up on the spot. I need links :)
- RichardCA 8y agohttps://youtu.be/5ziInu6xglE https://youtu.be/5ziInu6xglE
- wink 8y agoThat's super cool, but in my amateur opinion that's just covering/redoing proper Italo Disco, it's not synthwave.
- mattbierner 8y agoTry “Vincenzo Salvia”, “Andy Fox”, and “Evanton”. Each represents their own sub genre of italo-disco synthwave.
- bathMarm0t 8y agoSally Shapiro - disco romance. There's also this:http://media.beatsinspace.net/audio/bis-08-07-18-part1.mp3 http://media.beatsinspace.net/audio/bis-08-07-18-part1.mp3
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoIn other words become a big fish in a small pond.