On 2 July, 20:57, "Angus Manwaring"
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> On 02-Jul-09 08:30:03, Mr. Green said
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> >On 2 July, 08:53, Adrian Clark  wrote:
> >> On Jul 1, 8:47 am, "Mr. Green" 
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> >I completely agree with the facts of this statement. That's what the
> >word means. The problems seem to come when you have to define making
> >music. Everyone can make music e.g. sing, whistle, clamp, hum. So is
> >everyone a musician?
> >It's a bit like my game, Engineering. People refer to car mechanics as
> >engineers. The guys on our shopfloor who operate machines, weld plate
> >and assemble products are called engineers. draughtsmen in offices are
> >called engineers. Virtually anyone who can tighten a nut with a
> >spanner is called an engineer. The word has come to mean two different
> >things. It originally referred to a guy like Brunnel who studied
> >engineering and used that acquired knowledge to design stuff. Now it
> >also seems to refer to anyone who works in any engineering related
> >trade. May be the word musician has become diluted in the same manner?
> >May be we have all dumbed down so much that we no longer have enough
> >respect for the hard work put in and knowledge acquired by those who
> >truly study a subject. I'm not just referring to formal study. IMO the
> >school of life counts too. Of course this is not just a music problem.
> >It's probably why so many kids don't see the point of learning what
> >schools are trying to teach them and we have so many clueless under
> >qualified people running our financial institutions.
> >Sorry about the rant. The world must be getting to me again ;-)
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> I can't quite rememeber what movie it was, that I've adapted the quote
> from, but my take on it is:
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> "Son, you ain't a Photographer until a Photographer calls you a
> Photographer."    :)
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>                   All the best,
>                         Angus Manwaring.       (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)
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That works for me.

Green