If you are not a musician - you will never understand what a
musician goes through. As we play our instrument (voice included) so easily -
other people think that our practice must be easy too.
Well - they are wrong.
Musicians practice hours resulting in finger nails splitting, hands cramping, backs stiff, necks sore... all for that one to five minutes of hopeful perfection. Know this: the pain we go through is worth it all. Not for the listener’s sake but for the musician. We have music in us that must come out or our pain is unbearable.
Then some poor soul comes along and criticizes the performance because it did not sound like canned music.
Canned music is mixed down, corrected to a tee, and molded into the sound engineer’s specs. It is nice and has its place.
Live music breathes with the life of the musician.
Sit back and listen to what this musician has to say. If you like it – that’s only the butter to my warm, tasty bread.
