From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:201803281231433052-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > to be sure I spelled that right, I looked the word up ..   
      
   > amateur | ˈamədər, ˈaməˌtər, ˈaməCHər |   
   > noun   
   > a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid basis.   
   > • a person considered contemptibly inept at a particular activity: that   
   > bunch of stumbling amateurs.   
   > adjective   
   > engaging or engaged in without payment; nonprofessional: an amateur   
   > archaeologist | amateur athletics.   
   > • inept or unskillful: it's all so amateur!   
      
   I must take issue with such a Satanic definition...because it presumes to   
   Dictate, yet another attempt at a *power grab* by the Devil and his minion   
   Fools, that ONLY being motivated by the root of all Evil is what 'validates'   
   what one does as 'professional'...but the Bible has a more Honest name for   
   such a person, not a 'professional', but rather a HIRELING, one who does   
   something not for Love, but for Filthy Lucre, in other words, quite possibly   
   and very probably, and all too often, a Whore!   
      
   The fact of the matter is that a Genuine amateur is one who does something   
   for the LOVE of doing it! That, Not Filthy Lucre, is their Pure motivation!   
      
   It's also their Pure motivation for doing their very best whereas by sharp   
   contrast, a so-called 'professional' i.e. Hireling, is motivated primarily   
   by Filthy Lucre and therefore considers That, rather than what they do in   
   order to get it, to be their primary if not, as in so many cases, their Only   
   motivation for doing what they do, just enough, and not one iota more, i.e.   
   Impure motives!   
      
   > So, does that apply to my band mates ?   Well, they do get paid, so not   
   > that part. Ah, but the inept, unskilled part, that covers them nicely.   
      
   My point exactly - they get Filthy Lucre, and they're a bunch of   
   clowns...Where is the Justice?   
      
   If they'd put more Love into what they do, there would be a Major   
   improvement!   
      
   > Here's the deal.  On this volume thing, there are two parts to my   
   > struggle.  One, turn it down.  I work with people who really, seriously,   
   > don't believe they play too loud.  Why is that ?   Partial deafness ?   
      
   Probably more like mostly deafness.   
      
   > Cultural " rock and roll mindset "  ?   Other things ?    Probably a   
   > little of all of that.   
      
   I'm a total rock & roller myself but I do NOT consider Deliberately,   
   Foolishly, STUPIDLY going  deaf, resulting in the PERMANENT Inability to   
   Enjoy the Music I Love, to be be part of ANY mindset except INSANITY!!!   
      
   > The second part of my problem isn't the physical issue of a far too loud   
   > stage level, it's in my wanting harmony, agreement within the band.   
      
   Without that you don't have a band!   
      
   > Part one ... the stage volume level.   
      
   > Part two ... peace among the band members.   
      
   Part two should also take care of part one.   
      
   thinking of airplanes .. what would a pilot do if a passenger insisted   
   on giving him flying advice that would crash the plane ?   
      
      
   ----   
      
   Simple, he wouldn't take the advice ;)   
      
   > pride, unwarranted arrogance ... not gonna budge an inch .....  reasons   
   > some people can't be reasoned with.   
      
   -----   
      
   ALL arrogance is Always unwarranted! So is being unreasonable!   
      
   > I've solved part one. ... I have the controls ... the pa isn't turning up   
   > past reasonable.   
      
   Cool, and they have to learn to live with that, I hope?   
      
   > part two ... may have also solved that. Solution involves realizing some   
   > people can't be reasoned with.  So quit trying.  If they want it LOUD ...   
   > then move on down the road.  I'm done with LOUD .....   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   Yep, if they want to go deaf, they can do it by themselves!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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