oo, tama i agree, parang art is not for everybody, if its for everybody then its not art.
sad to say lots of filipinos are into entertainment than art.
it never occured to you that music is entertainment, and for the most part is "visual?"
i am sure you would have never checked out Slash if he was a balding 50 year old caucasian.
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there are many reasons why we took up music.
a.) some of us just want to play music, our way, in our time and we dont give a crap if anyone wants to listen.
b.) some of us want to have an audience (some are happy with a small scene, some want a bigger audience).
c.) some of us don't wanna have a day job no matter what it takes, and instead, just play guitar to feed our families.
there are others, but those 3 alone can be incompatible. and for the most part, those 3 exist within us musicians (in different degrees) ... i guess those session jazz musicians TS meant are those guys who are type A and type C... and they manage to come up with a compromise - play noontime shows for the money, and play the technical jazz stuff in small bars or record them in their personal studios.
now, others though, are just not realistic... they are type A but they insist on being type B and type C ... and they end up being nothing but complainers... saying "[grape] mga tao" "di marunong mag appreciate ng real music" "sayang yung 70's kasi nagiging sikat yung mga banda gaya ng led zep" etc. etc. etc.
sometimes, i wonder how guys like that deal with everyday things?
anyway, this question isn't for guys like me... i am not a jazz musician
i just wanted to add food for thought - and besides, its a public forum, hehe.
