XFactor???

[grahamw48]

I'm sure some of the contestants are talented and good luck to them if they go on XFactor, win and make their millions, it's not their fault if millions of teenage girls are stupid enough to part with their cash and ring rip off phone lines and buy their merchandise.

However, I can't stand the format and marketing of these TV talent shows and refuse to watch them.

It's all far too manufactured for my liking, I prefer raw music and like bands to come through the ranks the hard way, by playing their own instruments, writing their own songs and touring for a couple of years with their kit in the back of a Trannie Van

My boy (lead guitar, and pictured) and his band made this track when they were only 16 years old. The girl singer isn't up to much, but as you say, they're doing it the 'hard way'. My son also plays keyboards/synth, and can read and write music.

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[Englishman2010]

My boy (lead guitar, and pictured) and his band made this track when they were only 16 years old. The girl singer isn't up to much, but as you say, they're doing it the 'hard way'. My son also plays keyboards/synth, and can read and write music.

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Good luck to them Graham, I hope they stick at it I'd much rather listen to raw demo's like this than the manufactured stuff on TV and in the charts. There's still a place for guitar music, fortunately most teenage boys like guitar/rock/indie music and plenty pick up the guitar and learn how to play it. There's always a decent crop of good new guitar bands in the UK, it's a shame that they don't get the airplay and promoted on the radio the same way the boy/girl bands, solo singers, europop and Rnb rubbish on R1 does