Date:         Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:51:03 -0400
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From:         "Steven C. Barr(x)" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Urgent Message From SaveNetRadio
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From: "Bob Olhsson" <[log in to unmask]>
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> >From Don Cox: "The thesis was that recording has reduced the amount of live
> music.
> Thirty years ago is not before recording became significant."
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> Certainly not MY thesis!
> When being a musician in a group became trendy and glamorous in the '60s,
> too many venue owners started exploiting people who were willing to play for
> free. This drove down musicians' pay and turned what had been a path out of
> poverty into an avocation of upper middle class folks holding day jobs. This
> reduction of the talent pool reduced the quality of the live music the
> average person encountered and that in turn made going out to hear live
> music lots less appealing.
> 
With respect to which genre(s)? Keep in mind that the list probably covers
those folks whose musical taste(s) run from operatic all the way to current
"neo-punk" (not all for one person, of course...I'm speaking of all of us!)
as well as other varied forms...!

Steven C. Barr