[Dixielandjazz]Professional jazz musicians

[Custode at aol.com]

In a message dated 01/09/2004 3:10:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jpettjazz at btinternet.com writes:


> I refer to full
> time professional musicinas whise sole income comes from jazz. 
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I now understand that you (John Peters) are referring to "full time" 
professional musicians.  Please understand that there are tens of thousands part time 
musicians who are professional in every aspect of the word.  I do not believe 
that there needs to be a dividing line between the two.  And, just because an 
artist is not full time, does not disqualify him/her from professional status. 
 To do so would be a great injustice.

If a definition is so important (and don't we jazz musicians love to place 
labels on things) to describe what constitutes a professional musician, here is 
mine: "A professional musician is one who performs at the leisure of the 
public and is compensated at market price for such."

Lewis D. Custode, Jr., CLU, ChFC
trumpet/leader
Bourbon Street Brass
Buffalo, NY
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