On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2014-04-01 at 22:18 -1000, david wrote: >> But Bach and Mahler and many (if not most) of what we now consider >> "classical and/or/great" musicians wrote for the same reason: to write >> something that people would pay money for. > > I've got the impression that Franz Schubert's intention to make music > wasn't the money. I even have the impression that Ozzy Osborne's reason > to make music isn't the money. I don't think there is necessarily a conflict between what a musician wants to do, and what lots of people want to hear, and are potentially willing to pay for. Could it be that some are just lucky enough to be able to do what they really want to do, and still find a viable market for it? -- //David Olofson - Consultant, Developer, Artist, Open Source Advocate .--- Games, examples, libraries, scripting, sound, music, graphics ---. | http://consulting.olofson.net http://olofsonarcade.com | '---------------------------------------------------------------------' _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
