Think of bands, that are together for like 40 or 50 years. 40-50 years of studios, tour buses, airports, soundcheks, press etc. together. It is not enough to be an excellent musician for this to be possible.

This analogy doesn't work for me. That length of time signifies mediocrity to me, and holds true for my palette.

This sounds like for you a grate musician(s) only play music that you personally like and they stop playing music when they earn enough to live of it. Louis Armstrong seems to be a mediocre musician by your definition. I'd say that that is a piss poor definition of what makes a grate musician.

Not what I said or implied.

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