In defense of the amateur

For thousands of years, there was no such thing as a paid muscian. You made music cause you want to.

It turns out, the latin root of Amateur comes from the verb Amare, meaning “to love.”

Today, the word ametuer has a twist with the negative conitation of unable to do something that you love for money.

When we look what do we find at the center of it all: money or love? And I fear, we have an identity crisis on our hands.