I think that the operative words here ate "live entertainment" and "live music". I'll certainly agree that the "cheating" question becomes moot in the area of live entertainment, and anything that works is great.

I also think that the above analysis of the impact of technology was pretty much spot on.

But, I use a digital back on a 4"x5" view camera which results in the generation f a 50 meg plus image. You can't get that on a hand-held anything. Cost: about $25 grand. Good photographers haven't been replaced with amateurs with cheap digitals. Talent rules. Same thing with automated recording equipment and performance equipment. There are people working in both photography and music who couldn't come close to working years ago, but they really don't threaten the folks who have the talent and have learned to enhance their work with technology, rather than using it as a crutch.

All post on page three have been well thought out and worth looking at. These are reall industry issues, and each of us has to decide where in the spectrum of possibilities we are, and how to make the right decisions to get us to where we want to be.

We all have the right to our opinions, which should be presented as the right thing(s) for us, as long as we don't disrespect those of different views and approaches.

Let's continue to discuss real issues using the reasoning shown in the last 10 or so posts.

R.