Good answer, Reed. I think it might also have something to do with whom the focus is on. When you are accompanying someone else (singers, another instrument), the focus is not on you, at least not wholly. When you are fingerstyling a solo, you are I…
I feel I need to add to "Which one of the following describes your involvement in music?" I am a church musician - I get paid to coordinate the music/musicians at the church. I do play at church, for services and for Vacation Bible School, but do so as a volunteer.
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