[Bill Graham]

"Mr.T" MrT@home wrote in message
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"Bill Graham" wrote in message
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And IF you are a musician, I'll bet you wouldn't be happy playing in a
venue with a $1500 sound system!

Oh, I wouldn't say that....I am perfectly happy playing a flugelhorn
through
an AT PRO 35 R microphone ($125) to a TC Helicon Vocal processor ($150)
and
a Behringer 45 Watt Amp ($175) to a dance floor containing around 20
couples
every week.

Maybe, but you could probably do that without the amp, and sound better.


Sure, the Rolling Stones couldn't use my equipment playing
Hollywood Bowl, but not all musicians are in their league. The amateur
musicians in this country outnumber the paid professionals by about 100
to
1, and many of them are a lot better than the pros, too.....AAMOF, I
would
call most professional musicians "Entertainers", and not musicians. The
real
musicians in this world are practicing in their own living rooms, and not
in
front of any crowd.


I've worked with thousands of musicians, and I'd have to say that comment
is
just as silly as saying all professional musicians are better than all
amateurs. There is great talent (and crap) in both camps, and personal
taste
has a lot to do with which ones YOU think are the best.


MrT.

No question.....It certainly has little to do with the money they
make......Unless you think that Michael Jackson is a better, "Musician" than
Issac Pearlman or Yo Yo Ma.