steve,
thanks for your thoughts on this.
stig
As far as the
professional/amateur discussion, I try to keep my "beginner's mind" in music,
and try not letting being a "professional" get in the way of my music-making.
Several years ago I decided to separate my money-making ventures in
music from my "artistic" ventures, and it's been quite good for my head.
When I do paid work (these days mostly in TV/film scoring), I consider
I'm doing a service for a client and try to provide them with something they
can use. I try to be as creative as I can and to have as much fun with
it as I can, but realize that I'm being paid to support the
project.
. . .
.
I love the
definition of "amateur" as someone who does art for the love of it -- I hope I
always keep my amateur status.