Hey December,

I'll only ask you one question.

Have you ever been a paid professional musician ?

I have. And a lot of the other guys here also.

By saying "paid professional", I mean that I was never "famous" but made my living from music.

My wife and I were talking one day, about the changes in the music industry, and I wanted to give some perspective to a yoounger musician. It worked out that I was paid 2.5x the average wage ( plus expenses ) to do what I did. Plus free meals, beer, travel and accomadation.

A few gigs on national television ( live, and they scared the crap out of me ) , booked 5 nights a week, and some studio work.

If you got some royalties out of your music, then that was a bonus.

Now ? There is no work and I know very few musicians who can make a decent living. I'm certainly not in the main game, like many others.

Would any of us give our music away for free ? No. No professional muscian either now or then, would not do so. It's simply beneath them.

I'll simply ask again, have you ever been a professional musician ?

cheers, niteshift

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