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It really depends on the context of the term. Many still consider professional to mean that it is your primary job and primary source of income. Semi-pro's earning some money and amateur/hobbyist making no money.Sweep wrote:I think this raises an interesting issue.
What is a musician? Indeed, a `professional' musician?
It used to be that `professional' meant you earn your living by doing something. It still does mean that, because we have a society geared more or less entirely to money.
But is the musician who earns money by it necessarily more professional in skill and attitude than someone who earns nothing from it?
Personally, I prefer to earn my money in other ways and leave my music completely free of all commercial and financial pressures. I regard myself as more skilled and more committed to music than many people who make money from it. Of course there are skilled and dedicated professional musicians, but there are also plenty of people who have little idea what they're doing and little interest in music for its own sake, who do a bit of vague knob tweaking and make a fortune out of the absurd state of the present music industry.
I prefer to ignore people like that. They don't interest me and they have no bearing on what I do. I'm certainly not jealous of their success because the price paid for such success is too high. I'd much rather make real music than have that kind of `success.' There are other ways to make a living, ways that don't damage your musical sensibilities, leaving you free to make the music that really matters.
But that being so, we really have to question the whole concept of a `professional' musician.
I tried to cover that with #2- but obviously made a mistake of omission.fyvewytches wrote:Strange that you have left out what I think would be a large proportion of users… that is those people who are not professional musicians but who do make some income from gigs and releases. Your options go from all to nothing.