MUSIC Dying for exposure*

I went to a restaurant last weekend and was given a reminder of what being an ordinary musician in Australia has become like these days. The public perception of the musician’s life tends to be coloured by the glamour of those at the very top end: the pop stars and classical superstars that capture most public attention. The reality for 99.99 per cent of musicians in Australia, however, tends to be very different. Shall we dance? This was reinforced to me as I tucked into my barbe…

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