harpster,

How 'bout tellin' your friend that even Eric Clapton sucked at one point. If your friend had listened to him and he told him how bad he was at the start, and Clapton had taken that to heart, then we may never have heard all of the great music that he's recorded since then.

I'm not condoning bad playing. Just saying that when people are listening for "free", they shouldn't be bitchin' about what they "paid" for.

If you're being paid to play, there's nothing wrong with expecting the musician to at least be decent. But if it's free, don't bitch unless you can pick up an instrument and do it better.

Bob
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