Answer: dedication to a personal vision of art.
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, elhardt@a... wrote:
> OK, this is what I don't get. Why does somebody spend hours
everyday for weeks
> on end practicing material that's already been recorded (just buy
the CD) and
> is not conducive to live performance anyway, and then go through
the major
> hassle of lugging heavy and expensive equipment around the country
to play in
> some dive for a handful of disinterested people? I can't think of
a more
> unproductive use of one's life. Better to spend that time and
energy on the
> next album.
>
> People, I'll never understand them.
>
> -Elhardt