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Originally Posted by Patric_Bernard  So you guys are telling me that if you didn't get paid you wouldn't play at all? If I had a chance to play a gig with people there who wanted to see me, and I wasn't being paid... I'd give them a damn good show. Who cares if you not getting paid one gig here, or one gig there. Music is for the joy in playing. People who play music for the sole purpose of making money are sell outs. |
Ouch.
I think everyone is talking about two sides of the same coin here.
If I were a professional musician, paid to perform, then I would expect to be paid to perform. Otherwise, if I performed sometimes without pay those that pay me to perform at other times would wonder why. Also, for each performance these professionals play there is tons of prep time.
I expect for the amateur, even the serious amateur, there is significanly less prep time involved in comparison. And for the amateur, they are getting their own sort of pay, although it's not monetary - in fact, it probably costs them do do it.
As to doing something you love, we all hope to work in a field that we love, and we hope to be reasonably supported by that field of endeavor - even rewarded if we do it well. Patrick, I am glad you've never felt like you did not want to do something, but I can tell you that at my age I can certify that there are times that I don't "feel like" doing something that I genuinely enjoy. If that something happens to be my job, then I do it anyway, if it's a hobby, I might not. And, if it's a job, I might have to do it the way the boss wants it done, but if its a hobby, well, it's my choice (or more of one since you can leave a job, or you can leave an amateur band, but the reprocussions are different).