> if you build a better mouse trap... ...and from another post > will bubble up... Excuse me for being blunt but this is way too simplistic and the world do

> if you build a better mouse trap... ...and from another post > will bubble up... Excuse me for being blunt but this is way too simplistic and the world does not work like that. Artists (= suppliers in over-crowded markets) don't just "get discovered". An artist has a job, and that job is definitely not marketing, sales, public relations, or really anything other than doing their thing. If artists were left to their own devices they would happily rot in their basements, attics and/or garden sheds and die in anonymity. The (potential) audience needs some way to actually discover said artist _before_ they can even form an opinion on likes/dislikes. And, the market is over-saturated with extremely good artists, globally. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of artists. Only, 99.999% plus is not known by anyone except perhaps their near social circle and/or relatives. An artist without an agent or an agency* (proper marketing and networking etc) is just a random person with a creative hobby. * added: Or patron