From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018082811290342475-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I know bluegrass doesn't do drums.  Wasn't saying they should.  I was just   
   > making the point that even when young, it was apparent there are unspoken   
   > rules to what's acceptable.   
      
   What's 'acceptable' is very subjective as there are several criteria   
   involved, not the least important of which is how well thematerial is   
   presented i.e. performed.   
   With *reasonable* persons, Quality comes first, and that can actually give   
   rise to brand new traditions, which is how rock & roll evolved!   
   Just consider the electric guitar for example. Originally, it wasn't   
   'acceptable' because it didn't *conform* to the 'established' 'tradition' of   
   the acoustic type...but in skillful, creative, and innovative hands, it   
   *established* a *new* *tradition*!!!   
   The electric bass guitar was another example, because previously, it was   
   'accepted' that 'real' basses were upright, didn't have to be plugged in,   
   and were often played with a bow, and didn’t have frets ;)   
      
   > What struck me was that the audience likely didn't CARE about the   
   > stumbling.   
      
   Bottom Feeding CopyCatfish Ruin Music for everyone with their Laziness and   
   resulting Ineptitude...to the  point where they've become so commonplace,   
   audiences have come to accept Crap - yep, Crap has become 'acceptable', on   
   the radio too...except to those who Truly appreciate Quality!!!   
      
   > Maybe long term some purists would get upset, but eh, then again maybe   
   > not.   
      
   If they're Honest, they will!   
      
   > There was a bar duo around town for many years that did just guitars and   
   > singing, and they didn't strike me as very good.  What they were very good   
   > at was creating a party atmosphere.  They had the right attitude.   
      
   I know of at least one of those duos like that around here - Disgusting!   
      
   > Last I heard of them, and it's been a while, they were adding a third guy,   
   > trying to play more dancable music.  That fizzled as far as I know.   
      
   Not surprised - double trouble is enough ;)   
      
   > Bars are partys.  They aren't concerts.   
      
   Bummer! I'm into Concerts because Music is supposed to be a Trip...into the   
   Love Vibe!!!   
      
   > I have to like what I'm doing, at least a little.   
      
   MORE than a little for me!   
      
   > That doesn't matter it they suck up jobs one by one and then one by one   
   > cause the venues to decide live music isn't worht the trouble.   
      
   That's how they KILL Live Music!!!   
      
   > There is a " law " of economics that states - bad money will drive out   
   > good.  You can look it up.  Greshams' Law.  Here, I goggled it for you,   
      
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham%27s_law#Application   
      
   That's because ALL 'money', the Satanic *idea* that printed paper can   
   'replace' GOD, is Bad, as in Evil!   
   And wherever the Root of All Evil is, that's what happens...which is another   
   reason why it's called Filthy lucre.   
      
   > The principles of Gresham's law can sometimes be applied to different   
   > fields of study. Gresham's law may be generally applied to any   
   > circumstance in which the true value of something is markedly different   
   > from the value people are required to accept, due to factors such as lack   
   > of information or governmental decree.   
      
   The *True* value of ANYthing of value is Infinite, and neither Ignorance   
   i.e. lack of information, nor government decree can change that Fact!   
   Yet more Proof that the Satanic Idea called 'money' DOESN'T WORK...because   
   it's a LIE!!!   
      
   > In the market for used cars, lemon automobiles (analogous to bad currency)   
   > will drive out the good cars.[24]   
      
   The most basic reason for that - Impure motives!   
      
   > The problem is one of asymmetry of information.   
      
   Particularly UNGodliness!   
      
   > Sellers have a strong financial incentive to pass all used cars off as   
   > good cars, especially lemons.   
      
   In other words, they Desire to do Evil - Impure Motives!   
      
   > This makes it difficult to buy a good car at a fair price, as the buyer   
   > risks overpaying for a lemon.   
      
   That wouldn't happen in a Gift Economy, there'd be no basis for it!   
      
   > The result is that buyers will only pay the fair price of a lemon, so at   
   > least they reduce the risk of overpaying. High-quality cars tend to be   
   > pushed out of the market, because there is no good way to establish that   
   > they really are worth more.   
      
   That's what FRAUD, the result of Impure Motives, accomplished.   
      
   > Certified pre-owned programs are an attempt to mitigate this problem by   
   > providing a warranty and other guarantees of quality.   
      
   And they jack the  prices way up, attacking prospective customers with a   
   combination of child psychology, and GREEEEEEED, more Impure Motives!   
      
   > "The Market for Lemons" is a work that examines this problem in more   
   > detail.   
      
   But a Gift Economy actually Addresses this problem!   
      
   > Some also use an explanation of Gresham's Law as "The more efficient you   
   > become, the less effective you get"; i.e. "when you try to go on the   
   > cheap, you will stop selling" or "the less you invest in your non-tangible   
   > services, the fewer sales you will get."   
      
   The psychology of Manipulation with Greed as the Impure Motive...where the   
   perpetrator loses track of all the Illusory Deceptions involved...kind of   
   like proverbial poetic justice as a reward for Dishonesty ;)   
      
   But Tragically, that relates to Music too. Thanks to a combination of   
   Mindless Zombies, Bottom Feeder CopyCatfish, and the terminally Lazy who are   
   only interested in grabbing the Filthy Lucre and running, until the next   
   'gig' where they'll pull the same Crap all over again, the term "Original"   
   is now regarded as a bad word, which only makes it that much more of a   
   challenge for those whose Originals are actually worth listening to!   
      
   > Vice President Spiro Agnew used Gresham's law in describing American news   
   > media, stating that "Bad news drives out good news," although his argument   
   > was closer to that of a race to the bottom for higher ratings rather than   
   > over and undervaluing certain kinds of news.[25]   
      
   The multitudes of Stupid Sheople have 'deemed' ONLY Bad 'news', to be   
   'acceptable', particularly when it's Hyped, i.e. sensationalized in the   
   'established' 'tradition' of the SCUMBAG William Randolph Hearst's Yellow   
   Journalism!   
   Besides, if they wanted good news, they'd read the Bible, particularly the   
   Gospels which literally mean Good News!   
      
   > Gregory Bateson postulated an analogue to Gresham's Law operating in   
   > cultural evolution, in which "the oversimplified ideas will always   
   > displace the sophisticated and the vulgar and hateful will always displace   
   > the beautiful. And yet the beautiful persists."[26]   
      
   The beautiful persists because the Truth, which is beautiful, cannot be   
   eliminated.   
   But the rest attests to the Fact that Idiots actually Prefer Dishonesty and   
      
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