[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1339796810' post='1694737']
I think that anyone who has worked hard to become very good at their profession makes what they do look very easy. Be that carpenter, engineer, or musician.
Most people see someone doing something well and it looks easy.
How many people have said to you "I wish I could play an instrument. When I was younger I started to learn ....... but never stuck with it. "
So I think people know it's hard and takes a lot if work but think because they're enjoying listening and dancing then you must be enjoying playing, so why would you want to be paid?
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I think this is true about any physical skill, In the middle ages anyone with a skill that took time to learn like carpenter,stone mason ect were at the upper end of the pay scale/society just for the fact that they could do what others could not do. Now it's undervalued having a skill and that includes entertainment.