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Trollheart · 03-08-2013, 05:34 PM

Exactly. When it comes right down to it, all you really need is a wooden box and a stick and you have a drumkit. It's not Pearl, but it'll make the same sound. Music is the great leveller; anyone can play it if they want to and it needn't cost the earth. As Urban says, or intimates, the old blues masters usually only had a beat-up old guitar and their voice, and you certainly couldn't call any of them privileged.

Sorry Katsy, I like ya but that statement you made has to be one of the most ill-researched and just plain wrong I have ever encountered here. Music is not, and never has been, just a rich man's game. It's available to anyone who wants it, at often a cost of zero dollars, zero cents.

**Janszoon** · 03-08-2013, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Exactly. When it comes right down to it, all you really need is a wooden box and a stick and you have a drumkit. It's not Pearl, but it'll make the same sound. Music is the great leveller; anyone can play it if they want to and it needn't cost the earth. As Urban says, or intimates, the old blues masters usually only had a beat-up old guitar and their voice, and you certainly couldn't call any of them privileged.

Sorry Katsy, I like ya but that statement you made has to be one of the most ill-researched and just plain wrong I have ever encountered here. Music is not, and never has been, just a rich man's game. It's available to anyone who wants it, at often a cost of zero dollars, zero cents.

Her statement is no more wrong than the OP's assertion that most musicians come from poverty.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-08-2013, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by katsy

Historically, music has always been a privilege. A form of art only the wealthy and noble could partake in creating and enjoying.

I would think that the access to greater sums of money will allow you to be more musically inclined. A musical hobby can get pricey.

I wanted to play the violin as a child, but we had no disposable income. When I became old enough for the public school concert band I wanted to play the trumpet. Well, that was a no go. Trumpets were not provided by the schools, but trombones were.

I hated that trombone. I played the hell out of it, but I always resented it. It was a symbol of poverty. (That was way off base, but I felt like responding to the poor/rich part of the post)

Never heard of folk music or blues?

Dr_Rez · 03-11-2013, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

Never heard of folk music or blues?

Not to mention hip hop. The Wu Tang Clan literally recorded the first music they put out on the ****tiest mixers in the middle of the projects. Also an acoustic guitar or bass can be had for under 100 bucks. Music is not just for the rich, I think OP is living in the middle ages.

Paul Smeenus · 03-09-2013, 08:04 AM

All musicians are descendents of a green, fifteen foot tall supra intelligent platypus named Frank Johnson. I think we can at least agree on that.

**Janszoon** · 03-09-2013, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

All musicians are descendents of a green, fifteen foot tall supra intelligent platypus named Frank Johnson. I think we can at least agree on that.

Well yeah, obviously.

Trollheart · 03-09-2013, 08:21 AM

Yeah, I'm of the school that disputes that.
We think he was red...

katsy · 03-09-2013, 08:28 AM

I certainly see your point. I don't feel that my comment is ill-researched. I was just repeating what I was taught by a phd in music in my general music studies class; so that's where it came from. We covered music starting in the 18th century on.

Not to discredit folk/minstrels, but the main focus of music was by the rich, in the above mentioned eras. Maybe, I didn't provide the proper background for the basis of my statement.

But I do know for a fact that the more money you have to easier it is to have a musical hobby-- or anything in life that matter.

Paul Smeenus · 03-09-2013, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by katsy

I certainly see your point. I don't feel that my comment is ill-researched. I was just repeating what I was taught by a phd in music in my general music studies class; so that's where it came from. We covered music starting in the 18th century on.

Not to discredit folk/minstrels, but the main focus of music was by the rich, in the above mentioned eras. Maybe, I didn't provide the proper background for the basis of my statement.

But I do know for a fact that the more money you have to easier it is to have a musical hobby-- or anything in life that matter.

This only works if you laser-focus on classical music

katsy · 03-09-2013, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

This only works if you laser-focus on classical music

Yeah, pretty much. That was the basis for the "historically" bit. I do not believe music is only for the wealthy. I just think it is easier obtained.

03-08-2013, 05:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Exactly. When it comes right down to it, all you really need is a wooden box and a stick and you have a drumkit. It's not Pearl, but it'll make the same sound. Music is the great leveller; anyone can play it if they want to and it needn't cost the earth. As Urban says, or intimates, the old blues masters usually only had a beat-up old guitar and their voice, and you certainly couldn't call any of them privileged. Sorry Katsy, I like ya but that statement you made has to be one of the most ill-researched and just plain wrong I have ever encountered here. Music is not, and never has been, just a rich man's game. It's available to anyone who wants it, at often a cost of zero dollars, zero cents. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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03-09-2013, 08:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
katsy Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 286	I certainly see your point. I don't feel that my comment is ill-researched. I was just repeating what I was taught by a phd in music in my general music studies class; so that's where it came from. We covered music starting in the 18th century on. Not to discredit folk/minstrels, but the main focus of music was by the rich, in the above mentioned eras. Maybe, I didn't provide the proper background for the basis of my statement. But I do know for a fact that the more money you have to easier it is to have a musical hobby-- or anything in life that matter. __________________ Split the Lark-- and you'll find the Music - Emily Dickinson

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Paul Smeenus David Hasselhoff Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Back in Portland, OR Posts: 3,681	All musicians are descendents of a green, fifteen foot tall supra intelligent platypus named Frank Johnson. I think we can at least agree on that.