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But the music isn't complete without an audience. It's a lot of fun to play music with your friends, but the goal is to take it to the public, and when the audience is there, it goes to another dimension of pleasure.

The members of one of the greatest soul duos of the 20th century were put together by management. Personally, they intensely disliked each other, and only associated with each other for practice, recording, and performance. Reportedly didn't talk to each other unless working for 13 years. But being professionals, they put on great shows, worked together well, had hit records, and kept the act going for 20 years. They also made it into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.

Thrilling the audience and gigging were all that was required to keep Sam & Dave together.

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One word answer:

Gigs

I've been in a lot of bands since I started playing in the 1960s. If you've gotten past the start up, you enjoy playing together, you get along together, and there are no ego clashes, the most important thing is work. After all, when you have gigs, you have an audience and the music isn't complete until it falls on appreciative ears. When you have gigs you also have money for strings, picks, and other less essential things like food and fuel.

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1. Everyone has to be at the same musical level. If some one is clearly less skilled, the better members will get frustrated.

2. Everyone has to like the same kind of music. This can be difficult because tastes change over the years. But there MUST be some agreement on musical direction.

3. Everyone must be cool. If one person is a jerk, or total ego case, then they will ruin it for everyone.

4. There must be agreement on how much they can/want to work and how much money they will need to make to continue doing it. The money part can be less important if the music is satisfying. But if some members really need to make money and others don't, that will cause friction sooner or later.

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