From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018042510270018559-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I haven't spoken to any band people in ...coming up on two weeks.   
      
   > That's a change from every day, several times a day, with some constant   
   > issue.  I suspect they are mad at me :-)   Or perhaps I've changed.   
   > Perhaps I was the one doing most of the work and worrying, and now that   
   > I'm not, what is there for them to be complaining about.  They were   
   > coasting. Other than me trying to get fresh songs on the list and that   
   > little thing of dropping the stage volume .... and now I'm not doing   
   > either. So, maybe they are just happy. Maybe they feel their   
   > unrelenting passive resistance has worked. Maybe they think we'll just   
   > show up at jobs, crank full up, jam away, get paid, and all will be   
   > well.   
      
   SHAME ON THEM!!!   
      
   > Maybe that's what they think.   
      
   More like for once, they Need to think!   
      
   > Plan for today is to work on my fiddle playing a little.  I don't do   
   > that enough.  Two possible tunes, a Charlie Daniels " drinkin' my baby   
   > goodye, and Conway's " tight fittin' jeans " are in my sights. Neither   
   > is very difficult, so easy add on's.   
      
   How about some Originals?   
      
   > I've also noticed something. Been keeping a list of little daily   
   > mistakes.  If I do or say something I regret afterwards, it goes on the   
   > list.  Typically it's notes like " don't talk as much on solo gigs ",   
   > or " don't talk to XXX about stage volume ", or " don't call XXX ".   
   > What occurred to me yesterday was, since the big band chill, I'm not   
   > adding things to that list every day.  It's like, if I just quit   
   > talking to people, I wouldn't have all these notes reminding me to not   
   > talk to people.   
      
   > Huh.   
      
   Jim   
      
   How about nothing whether or not they actually Listen when you talk? ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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