I haven't noticed classical musicians become alcoholics, drug addicts and kill themselves, it is only pop musicians who do.
And who can blame them, pop music is so shallow, empty and nasty and only after the buck. No wonder pop musicians become alcoholics, drug addicts and kill themselves.
Pop music plays to the lowest common denominator and the LCD is shallow, empty and nasty and so naturally is pop music.
It's a positive feedback loop between the empty, shallow and nasty and their music. They reinforce one another. They are like reinforced concrete - stronger together than they are apart.
Classical music requires discipline, depth and good taste - qualities abhorrent to pop music.
So the fate of the pop musicians is only a reflection of their music.
The best musicians does not have to be pop artists, I would never claim such a thing, this is your preference, not mine. There are plenty other musicians out there, for instance in rock and its sub categories. Few of them were after "the buck" as you so boldly put it, but to express themselves through lyrics and vocals. And yes, I might add, musicians of the Classical music category does contain the majority of cokeheads.
Do you seriously believe that if you listen to violins and orchestra you're somehow more disciplined, in depth and possess greater taste? That you are of better quality than the rest of the world?
Your ideal world. A world where everyone shares the same views, shares the same thoughts, shares the same dreams, shares the same ideas, shares the same taste of music, shares the same taste of food, shares the same taste of drink; is a world without creativity, a world without knowledge, a world without wisdom. A boring - black and white - world. A world where people say
"Ignorance is bliss," as if they were high on valium.. and they would be.
To be honest, I believe the only reason why you sound so square, flat, boring, and borderline (in all of your posts), is because you're obsessed with social norms, and the idea that you can categorize the importance of each living individual via
scala naturae. Your own little pyramidal illusion, where you can sit on top and look down upon the rest.
And I believe, that this pyramid of yours, is a reflection of how unevolved you are.