that all cost $$$...NONE of it is free

guitars, basses, keyboards, drums, percussion, amps, mics, cables, road cases, guitar/mic/keyboard stands, strings, straps, etc AND somn to carry all that shit in....

it all costs a pretty penny...just for shits and giggles, go to Guitar Center and price out all the things you need for a band to do a show...total it up.

so from a cost perspective:
an MPC, midi controller, and some software<<<<<<<<<<band gear

or

DJ setup<<<<<<<<band gear

so these surburban kids with a lil chage has an advantage over a group of kids from the hood...

the difference btwn then and now is that Black bands could make some money playing live or backing up a touring singer...or playing PARTIES(what a thang of the past)....and your old man/uncle/pastor might have a guitar to lend or give you because more people played in those days...and cats didnt mind sharing gear on a gig sometimes...now?, its just you and Guitar Center, baby...Im not sure what the cost of gear was like then vs. now, but somn tells me it was more reasonable then....



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