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In South Africa, like most other places, musicians are struggling to find work.
Since I started offering my services using Band-in-a-box to back my sax playing, I'm getting plenty of work. I always offer the option of other musicians, but the solo option is obviously more affordable. And frankly, most of the customers don't even notice if there's just one musician playing.

The only question is: Would you rather sit at home, or go out and earn good money with Band-in-a-box?




and I predict that as availability of 1-person acts increases, the number of businesses willing to hire them will also increase. Supply and demand. There's work out there if the price is right.

So, in summary of this thread: the moral implications don't say we should STOP playing small gigs because that puts big bands out of work. Rather, I think that by preparing quality 1-person acts we have the opportunity to revive live music, thereby creating many MORE gigging opportunities than there were previously.

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