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Re: Defining "pro"



i think i saved this from the loopersdelight archive-but dont have the
poster's name:
quote..."'Amateur' tradionally meant "one who does something for the love 
of
it"
(from the Latin  amator-amatus:lover-to love) as opposed to the secular
meaning of 'professional' as "one who does something for gain."
the term "professional" has become so debased that whenever i see a product
named w/ the prefix "pro" i automatically assume it is inferior."...unquote

dont know who wrote it, but its cool w/ me.
s

> Someone once told me...
> 
> "A professional does for money what an amateur does for the love of it."
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sonic steph" <ml@dadaprod.org>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Defining "pro"
> 
> 
>> Per Boysen a écrit :
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I completely agree with Travis' definition of "pro". A funny
>>> definition of amateur is one who calls himself "pro" even though he
>>> isn't able to make a living of his music.
>> 
>> I guess it is not funny at all, but making a living of music sounds
>> completely elitist.. As this is only possible if only few people produce
>> music.. the disc industry make people think that very few people are
>> really talented, which is obviously wrong, regarded to all the stuff you
>> can hear on the net, on the metro or wherever you listen to non
>> commercial music.. so a pro to be pro sounds to me more like a
>> capitalistic bahaviour than a musical one..
>> 
>> bye
>> 
>> stephane
>> 
>> -- 
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