Yep. In every Business, there are the folks who prove them selves by doing the work. Period. The work they do speaks for it's self. The "What Ever Works" Forum is a great example of this, as Fibes has pointed out.
There are different "levels" of this too. I'll bet we can all relate in some way to having young up-n-comers asking us questions right in our own back yards. When I had my studio in the back of a music store for a while, it was great because kid's would come in to the store asking about recording gear and working at home and all that, and I remember feeling really good about steering them away from making bad choices here and there and,it brought some work too. It seemed for a while there, that I was running little Seminars back there. Guys would come in with "home tracks" and we would spend time going over how they miced stuff or drum tuning, what ever.I would then record over dub's for them and they would learn a lot. One thing they learned is to know when to call a room for stuff they can't effectively do themselves!
The point is, I find the same thing here with all these great people who REALLY know there stuff and I get to learn FOR FREE and how can ya beat that?
It's a real gift.
JI......................................................
