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George at wrote on 8/29/04 9:21 AM:

It's in the classical world, and the reason that it's still in the classical
world is because there is still an emphasis on live concerts performed with
no amplification. As long as this remains the case in any sector of the
music
industry, there will be a need for that practice, dedication, and torment,
because there won't be any way around it.

what does amplification have to do with it?
George

CASE: in the jazz realm way many stand-up bassists just can/will not play
without an amp (usually one that makes the instrument reproduce at 80-90dB
at 3m with a note-flat response down to 20Hz) even when working against
real piano and lo-vol jazz guitar in a small room no-reenforcement
situation. They don;t want to have to WORK to make the instrument sound and
thus CAN not get the intensity and tone out of the instrument acoustically.

amp=crutch and in this case one that allows real TONE chops to atrophy.

This amp-jones seems distressingly to cross the lines of bad/good/great
players.