From: waiting@the.exit.invalid   
      
   "Bill Graham"  wrote in   
   news:h_WdnWYTxK6RghHRnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@giganews.com:   
      
      
      
   > Oh, I wouldn't say that....I am perfectly happy playing a   
   > flugelhorn through an AT PRO 35 R microphone ($125) to a TC   
   > Helicon Vocal processor ($150) and a Behringer 45 Watt Amp   
   > ($175) to a dance floor containing around 20 couples every   
   > week. Sure, the Rolling Stones couldn't use my equipment   
   > playing Hollywood Bowl, but not all musicians are in their   
   > league.   
      
   Yes, some people actually use more than 5 guitar chords over 50   
   years...   
      
   Yes, not *three* chords, five :-]   
      
   > The amateur musicians in this country outnumber the   
   > paid professionals by about 100 to 1, and many of them are   
   > a lot better than the pros, too...   
      
   No kidding. Quality rarely sells records or radio time.   
      
   > AAMOF, I would call   
   > most professional musicians "Entertainers", and not   
   > musicians. The real musicians in this world are practicing   
   > in their own living rooms, and not in front of any crowd.   
      
   No kidding, again.   
      
      
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