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Posted on July 29 at 4:35 p.m.

I find it suprising that no one has looked at this from the artist's perspective. Most bands, especially bands that play original music aren't making enough money to quit there dayjobs. They have to work too. That very fact seems to have been overlooked. Bands have every background of person. Younger, Older, Young Professional, Older Professional, The Waiters and Waitresses. The list goes on and on. These same people have another job. The job of playing entertaining music which is a lot more work, in and of itself, then most people care to admit. Try cutting back the time and you may lose attendance. Which for musicians is very bad since they normally get paid a percentage of the door. I for one believe that if a group of people is willing to work to pay the rent during the day, rehearse all week long for a show that happens on the weekend, and allow personal relations to suffer because of their art than the least we can do as music listeners is suffer a little with them. Besides, It's all part of the experience. You tell everyone the next day at work that even though your struggling through your day you saw a great show last night and had a good time. They don't even have that. They went to bed early the night before and although they're a bit better rested I bet they're also a little jealous. So Baton Rouge, no disrespect but maybe it's time to quit whining, buck up, and see some shows. Regardless of how early or late they start.

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