Glenn is a professional and playing bass is how he earns his life. And he always was and is that, a professional bass player who started playing bass as a proffesion.
John was passionate about playing and having a band, wasn't searching for a career as a session player.
I see this terrible misrepresentation all the time. I'm sure Glenn plays bass because he's passionate about music.
If you don't happen to hook up with a couple of like minded people early on (like Mark and David) you have to freelance. that is the ONLY difference.
There is no less passion in being a musician at the highest level, even a freelancer. It's not about searching for a career, it's about being so passionate about music you want to do music every day.
Well Chris, is not a misrepresentation, it's just that I'm not native in English and I find difficulties explaining myself correctly as I would do in my mother tongue.
Of course any proffesional musician have also passion for his work, that's not what I meant, I wanted to say something like John didn't search for a work as a session player, but being part of a band, because he wasn't searching for a job, but for a dream of being in a band.
I'm sure I also failed this time explaining myself, but well, I know what I mean, LOL
By the way Chris, a friend of mine is a proffesional drummer, and he plays currently with both the new incarnation of "Presuntos Implicados" and also with "Soledad Gimenez" in his solo career!, quite a coincidence when talking with you, that played with them, when they had her singing. He also plays with many good known artists and bands in Spain, and he started pursuing his dream of being in a band, which he did, and that made him notorious and ended played with many others as a hired gun.