Bob,

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maybe 2 years ago at the jazz gig we used to have at the beach we were talking to another club owner who was there about a possible booking. All he asked for was our website with links to our social media pages like Facebook, Soundcloud, Twitter and the like. Of course we're a bunch of old farts and don't have any of that. Since he was there listening to us already wasn't that enough? No. We offered to get him a CD for his manager to hear and he just laughed, it was obvious we just dropped our pants. It was like what's a CD? What he does is simply check out how many "friends" the band has. He expects to see several hundred knowing that any given night maybe 10-20% will show up. He did say he really liked us though. Right.

Bob



Based on that comment and a few hundred other comments on this forum over the past 2 or 3 years, it sounds like the status or level of respect that was previously accorded to “musicians” has dropped a few hundred notches’.

If we just take into account the conversations we’ve had on the “Off Topic” forum about what constitutes a “musician” and the willingness of so many forum members to call people “musicians” when they can’t even play an instrument, is it any wonder that the general public devalues people that actually have the ability to play “live” music without electronic aids?

I took a lot of flak on here for suggesting that only people who can play traditionally recognized instruments that don’t require electricity deserve to be called “musicians”. (Aka wood and strings, … brass and wind). I was out voted.

Since the musicians on this forum have willingly devalued actual “musicians”, why should we be so surprised that the general public has done the same?

Just some food for thought.

Bob
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