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Originally Posted by welfare
well then. they're not really making music for the sake of artistic expression and communication then, now are they? then what are they making? aside from a paycheck and poor image?
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you mean that? i took that as a cheap shot u threw in @ some ideology you're against. you're telling me it wasn't?
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Originally Posted by welfare
not to mention the irrelevant comparison.
it's actually interesting, and quite telling, that you would liken an art form to big business industry. completely straying it from what it's original centuries old intent was
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Who the fuck cares what I liken. I'm just telling you the truth. It's up to you whether or not you can handle it.
We were talking about ppl producing because of monetary incentives. Artists, plumbers, teachers, lawyers, cops, and most of the bell curve of rational
PEOPLE are gonna go make a living doing whatever works for them - a balance of what they enjoy vs what they're good at that's in demand - and put effort into doing it well. Bills need to be paid. Lives need to be lived. Chasing dreams of forgone centuries sounds romantic, but it doesn't resolve the fact that you need money to survive in 2009.
If I wanna design bridges but I can't add 2+2 in a world of integration by parts, why would I do that as a living? Instead, I can build spaghetti bridges for fun, let the real bridge builders do their thing, and make a living @ something else. I satisfy my expression and I don't live in the poor house. Sounds like a win-win, validity & relevance up the wazoo to me.