Not too sure what you are trying to say Tocsin? I know its hard to communicate online too.

But, dont forget that what a musician hears and what a punter hears are two very different things. I have learnt to pay more attention to the punters than to other musicians due to the chin-stroke phenomenon and competitivness of the music industry. If I listened to what other musicians tell me then I would never play out Live, ever. Would never be good enough or have the right equipment.

Also, music is subject to marketing hype which often makes something shite (eg: generic manufactured Pop-music) into something awesome with just a few well arranged wordz. How many muso bios' do you read that all sound the same? (so & so has been a muso all their lives...learnt to play an instrument from 4 years old.... now they are the next big thing....blah blah blah).

The final word on a track is said by the punter who listens to it and gets a kick out of it at that particular time....the artists soul has reached into them and plucked the right strings.