That would leave them more money to continue to tap into the typing pool of monkeys and work with more than one band or one author ensuring the public has real choices. I know it’s a bit of a novel concept, but why not let people decide what they want to read or listen to instead of dictating their choices for them?
I bet that if people were given real choices instead of more of the same on every page, or in every CD, you would find that their attention spans would improve. They won't all pick the same thing to rave about. But I'm sure you would see far fewer one hit wonders, and more bands and authors with longevity and good sales numbers to match.
Instead of industries having to wonder where their next "big hit" is going to come from in order to survive, they would have greater numbers of consistent sellers. These would more than recoup their initial investment in publicity and development costs. Everybody would turn a tidy profit, and more writers and musicians would make decent livings.
There doesn't appear to be any shortage of people out there trying to produce something of quality, so lack of material to choose from shouldn't be a problem.
You don't need an infinite amount of humans to produce a variety of interesting music and writing. That's a fact that has been proven many times over. You do need producers and publishers who are willing to believe that there is more than one way to write Hamlet, and that trust their audience enough to choose which version they read.
Is that asking too much?
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