"Lizzie you equate valuing with monetary worth."

You could NOT have got me MORE wrong in a thousand years.

What I do not like is some people at festivals making a very nice profit, thanks, from whatever they may be involved in, from food/drink/marquees/electronics/chairs/whatever, whilst the very people who bring in the crowds sometimes get paid nothing at all.

I hate the way this world revolves around money, but why should a musician have to do a job he loathes all his life, just to pay the bills, when the very talent he was born with SHOULD give him enough money to earn a decent living wage from?

We do not value Music, basically, as we do not value so much of the Creative Side of the Human Species.

If folks are content to play for nothing, ad infinitum, then so be it, I guess. Makes me sad...but it doesn't bother most of the folks in here...

Strange though, that so many I've spoken with in here over the years LOATHE those who DO get paid, almost holding that against them...

There seems, to me at least, to be a REAL hang-up about 'money' and 'music' though, despite us all struggling to make ends meet. Personally, I think good musicians should get respect from society for their contribution towards it...and that should come in recognizing that they are equally as important as many other professions....