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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 >> >> -- >> >> ___________________________________________________________ >> Musique, vidéo, radio indépendante (boycottez les majors!) >> ----------------------- >> http://www.dadaprod.org >> ___________________________________________________________ >> >