I fully agree with both Larry Hawk & gambler.
We are here because we love playing our arrangers and enjoy talking to like minded folk.
Some of us have spent many years entertaining and enjoyed the appreciation of many audiences.
In my case, this enjoyment and appreciation would have made it worth while anyway but, the extra income has also helped to make life easier or helped pay for a new board.
My mind doesn't complicate itself with the salary of the guy who pays me and I also don't worry about playing well enough to play the Albert Hall.
It's great to talk to guys who think the same as I do and enjoy the same things I do and that makes Forums like this a joy to be a member of.
I most certainly do not come here to be educated, advised (unless I ask for that advice) or to be told what I should be playing instead of my favourite board.
It's all good clean fun and I hope it can stay that way.