80% of digital modellers & c buyers are bedroom players according to marketing researches

The desire to make music and the desire to perform for an audience are entirely separate things. I know that from the perspective of people who love performing, that sounds absurd. But it really isn't.

So yeah. It should surprise nobody that the overwhelming majority of musical instruments are purchased by people who have no intention of ever performing.
 
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ChordInversion said:
The desire to make music and the desire to perform for an audience are entirely separate things. I know that from the perspective of people who love performing, that sounds absurd. But it really isn't.

So yeah. It should surprise nobody that the overwhelming majority of musical instruments are purchased by people who have no intention of ever performing.
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It really is two completely different things as far as fulfilling different needs. Well, at least for me it is. Performing in front of an audience is an adrenaline rush, while writing/recording or playing at home alone is more of a relaxation thing. Playing with others (but without an audience) falls somewhere between the two, maybe closer to the adrenaline end of things.

My old band back in the 90s had a house gig where we were at the same place, three or four nights a week, EVERY week, for about four and a half years. By the time that run ended, the adrenaline rush had dissipated to the point that it wasn’t enough to offset the grind of all those late nights, humping gear back & forth, and the ever present drama from drunks and druggies both in the crowd and in the parking lot afterward.

Shit, I even had my car stolen from the parking lot one night during our last set!

After we called it quits, I packed up everything and didn’t touch a guitar for about two years. And even now, the handful of live shows I’ve done in recent years still don’t get me worked up like I used to get way back in the early days. However, spending a weekend working on stuff in my DAW is still really enjoyable, so that’s where the joy still is for me. That, and I get together once a week with a group of guys to play stuff that we all enjoy. That’s fun, too.
 
ChordInversion said:
The desire to make music and the desire to perform for an audience are entirely separate things. I know that from the perspective of people who love performing, that sounds absurd. But it really isn't.

So yeah. It should surprise nobody that the overwhelming majority of musical instruments are purchased by people who have no intention of ever performing.
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Between those two there's also the simple joy & fun of playing with others, not necessarly in front of an audience.

With right people I can easily have a band, play in the rehershal room and never (or almost never) play in front of an audience. You have to keep things fresh, write songs, jam, learn covers and so on but it works. At least for me has worked that way for some time.

You hang out with your friends and play some rock and roll in the meantime. Is a good way to enjoy life in my book,
 
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Frodebro said:
spending a weekend working on stuff in my DAW is still really enjoyable, so that’s where the joy still is for me
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Writing and recording used to be my main hobby along with playing in a band since i was 16 or so when I built the rehearshl room in my partent's house basement and started fiddling with microphones and 4 tracks recorders.
That's somenthing I miss now that I don't have the time to do it.

I'm pretty sure that when my younger kids will be older I'll find the time to do it again.

Writing and recording is the best way to be a "bedroom player" and a great way to be a muscian.
 
HotRats said:
Between those two there's also the simple joy & fun of playing with others, not necessarly in front of an audience.

With right people I can easily have a band, play in the rehershal room and never (or almost never) play in front of an audience. You have to keep things fresh, write songs, jam, learn covers and so on but it works. At least for me has worked that way for some time.

You hang out with your friends and play some rock and roll in the meantime. Is a good way to enjoy life in my book,
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Yeah, I play with other people every now and then. Maybe a coupe times a year. Almost all of the people I used to play with the most and I have dispersed geographically, and I'm not into it enough to try and scare up a whole new group. But that's definitely a thing I'm sure a lot of people do.
 
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