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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 2293777, member: 6819"] The difference between the "corporate dreck" that you so despise and this cow pie/used feminine pad of a song is that the "dreck" is frequently played by hired hands. These hired hands are usually nameless (to you) musicians that have bothered over the years to learn their craft and take music seriously. To me there are really only two types of people you play music. Type one are those who picked up an instrument in order to attract attention (girls, love etc.) or want to make money. They're looking to [B]amass[/B] love, things, or a bank account because this is their need. For this type there is virtually no difference between practice and rehearsal. I have little to no respect for this type. Type two are looking for none of this. They sit alone in a room for 5 to 8 hours a day for 10, 20 years learning their craft. They are [B]spending [/B]time, effort and money to learn because this is their need. Their relationship with music, their craft and their instrument is something spiritual, visceral and intimate. They inevitably become that instrument. The instrument and the music are their lifeblood. They know the difference between practice and rehearsal. Most never make much money. Generally at first enough to continue more lessons, then later, enough to continue to survive. For many taking session money is a way get the former and maintain themselves with the latter. Therefore I respect that "corporate dreck" far more than I will ever appreciate today's so called "musicians" who have learned 7 chords and their flats, screech into a microphone, and the world falls all over themselves at their relevance, meaning and their insight. All of which to me (and seemingly mostly to me and very few others) was said better and long before in literature. [/QUOTE]

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