Jagger speaks to MySpace bands

In an interview with MySpace TV, Mick Jagger has spoken on the difficulties facing young artists in trying to build a career.

Speaking on the social network's video service, the Stones' frontman claimed it was harder than ever for new artists to get noticed.

He said: "It's easier to get yourself known in some ways. But there's so much competition, there's so many bands.

"How do you make yourself stick out? Apart from being a brilliant musician, very good looking and a brilliant performer."

Jagger did, however, acknowledge that music fans have never had it so good.

He added: "It's very easy now to discover music because there you have all this access to it. In the '60s, it was very hard and very expensive.

"I don't remember because it was so long ago, but I remember it being very difficult to find anything that wasn't in the mainstream of top-selling music. Outside of that it was very hard to find things."

The Rolling Stones new concert movie "Shine A Light", directed by Martin Scorsese, goes on general UK release on April 2nd.

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