Dennis Claxton wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com>
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> >Anyone who keeps on playing is a real musician in Chadbourne's book.
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> And he's right. 50 million people used to be in a band. Some stop and some don't. It ain't fair to those who don't stop to say anyone who ever tried gets to join the club.
I misunderstood this when I wrote my post alluding to Plato. But still ... "real" is always a bit suspect. It's easy enough to create a slippery slope. What about someone who 'keeps on' for 10 years then only quits because all the other band members did and he/she had no one to play with.
Carrol