Most of us here are all about expediency... Let's face it, doing the OMB thing is ALL about expediency. It takes sacrifice and hard work to make a band successful. SO much easier to just go out and carry our 25 lb. toy arranger and our little home theater speaker system in, play our little tunes for a few hours, and go home with all the money!

So, why should we criticize others for dressing all slacker-like? Isn't doing it all with technology instead of providing a REAL band simply the musical equivalent of dressing poorly for the gig? I know I'd MUCH rather see four badly dressed great musicians than one exquisitely dressed OMB..!

We may indeed have ALL dressed better in the sixties and seventies for our gigs. But we also provided REAL entertainment, real playing, real music. It seems trivial to bemoan dress standards, when actual musical standards have completely disappeared, too

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