Lazy

              Dollcee asked Dos, do you think musicians are lazy?

        Dos replied, some musicians would be lazy, that is for sure. Generally speaking, I would estimate that musicians are like everyone else, they are a diverse group that can be sorted into any category that whoever, wishes to make for them. 
        Dollcee asked Dos, do think music has always been treated as a product or do you believe it is a representation of the wealth and success of a culture.

        Dos sat for a while without responding. I think that the culture on the other side of the door, looks at everything as a product that is only worth what value can be extracted from it. Although, this is, not unique to that culture, it is definitely not common to all cultures.

        Music changes with the culture and I would guess that even in the most stable cultures, there would be ongoing shifts as styles and interpretations develop.

        Do you think music is dependent on wealthy patrons?

        Dos did not take long to answer, yes.

        When religions dominated the cultural landscape, there was an obligation to look after musicians because they were necessary for the pageant and ceremony that helped to make the metaphysical seem real.

        When the feudalists replaced them, they continued to patronize the musicians and composers to celebrates their wonderfulness. 
        Today, however, the billionaires are so stingy, they can not get beyond their business model of shimming a small percentage from every penny. This could have developed from the access to billions of consumers, as they call them. Shimming is not recent though; it has been practiced for a long time.

        For the musician though, shimming is not viable, because their share requires a mainframe computer with the capacity for extremely large numbers of zeros, for even a penny to register.

        Sometimes a lazy musician is a very important member of the band, because they don’t get carried away with all the hype and optimism and see things for what they are, a lot of effort with very little in return.