"Yeah, but what you do is FUN!" It's supposed to look easy! That's why we practice, and it never stops! "The practice of music is historically linked with the idea of selling one's talent ... rather than selling one's labor in its congealed form, as a commodity; and through the ages the musician, like the actor, has been regarded as closely akin to the lackey, the jester, or the prostitute. Although musical performance presupposes the most exacting labor, the fact that the artist appears in person, and the coincidence between his existence and his achievement, together can create the illusion that he does it for fun, that he earns his living without honest labor, and this very illusion is readily exploited." Hanns Eisler from "Knowing the Score-Notes on Film Music" by Irwin Bazelon