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Originally Posted by vjf1968
....Especially from our more "seasoned" members who can most likely give us a good "then" & "now" comparison. I think things carry more weight if they comes from the mouth of someone who was there.
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Really ?, well i have been playing 30+years and i would say the 'scene' has never been worse for a million and one reasons (fuel, pay to play, Karaoke players, an over spoilt for choice audience etc. etc. etc.)
but music itself seems as healthy as ever, more and
different places and ways to get your music heard via the 'net and stuff, now you can 'network' globally as well as 'locally' ---- see, we're doing it
right now !
I suppose as a 'seasoned' type i'm almost bound to say "it was better then", in a lot of ways i think it was
harder then (crappy gear, venue's, PA's etc) but i do feel there was a healthier, less competitive/combative atmosphere then. In our neck of the woods at least bands and players would always help each other out with gear or players but i don't see that today, "Thats
MY amp so dont even
look at it OK ?"
As mentioned earlier, it's supply and demand and there are just too many bands but the real fact is ......... things change and just because they are different don't make 'em better or worse.
As long as you
can play then
do !