Well... generally I would say that a good artist is a mix of the technically adept, some kind of sense of self, and ‘being there where it’s at’. That last value

Well... generally I would say that a good artist is a mix of the technically adept, some kind of sense of self, and ‘being there where it’s at’. That last value refers to how in tune they are with the cultural zeitgeist. There are ways around the first value, but not the second and third.