[Dixielandjazz] Subject: If I could play an instrument

[DWSI at aol.com]

While I fully empathize with the author's desire for OKOM musicians to  make 
more money as professional performers, I must add one critical issue left  out 
of the article. The article said... 
 
"The  sad thing is that the purchaser is in the music business to make money, 
but  somehow, they 
don't want to pay the people who make the music that  makes the money."
 
Yes,  the purchaser wants to make money, or more money, that's why the word 
"business"  is in the phrase, "show business." But the market is defined by the 
 most "popular" tastes in music--and that, by definition, at this time and  
place, is sadly, not OKOM. Why is this basic concept so difficult for some to  
grasp?

Dan (backup piano man) Spink







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