From: MrT@home   
      
   "Bill Graham"  wrote in message   
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   > > And IF you are a musician, I'll bet you wouldn't be happy playing in a   
   > > venue with a $1500 sound system!   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Maybe, but you could probably do that without the amp, and sound better.   
      
      
   >Sure, the Rolling Stones couldn't use my equipment playing   
   > Hollywood Bowl, but not all musicians are in their league. 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.....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.   
      
      
   I've worked with thousands of musicians, and I'd have to say that comment is   
   just as silly as saying all professional musicians are better than all   
   amateurs. There is great talent (and crap) in both camps, and personal taste   
   has a lot to do with which ones YOU think are the best.   
      
      
   MrT.   
      
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