Quote Originally Posted by dirty_bass
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The best writers, were mostly poor, as they devoted their life to their art.
Same with painters.
And with musicians.
To be good at your craft you need to put in the time.
Personally I have a job that fits around my music, but it sucks.
What is wrong with earning your living doing something you enjoy. Isn`t that everybodies dream.
What is your job?
Do you do it for free?
Do you go into a shop when you want to update your PC and say to the shopkeeper "man, you should give it to me for free, computers should be free. Computers are for people to use, why should you charge me money to want to use it? Let me use it?
Does that make sense?
Why should nurses get paid?
Do surgeons really need to get paid?
Surely they can get another job to support them, as the fact that they are saving lives should be enough for them.

Your argument just doesn`t hold up man.

And to those people and artists who genuinely work hard for their art. It`s kind of an insult.
you're right, the only real point i was trying to make was that music can be a worthwhile means of communication without necessarily spending your whole life being 'the best' at it.

and when i said music is for people to hear - i don't think the computer analogy is quite fair. the person who took the time to make it wasn't trying to express anything when they made it, the computer wouldn't mean any more to it's maker once someone had connected with it. the jobs that medical workers do are perhaps more similar, though, which i imagine is why some people do opt to do work of that nature voluntarily - which kind of relates to my point above. i think thats enough rambling for now....