From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018081421495272860-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > It was a good gig. Went fine, they hired us again for next year ( it's a   
   > yearly event ).   
      
   > So ?   
      
   > So now, all I hear from the band is gripes about the sound. The monitors.   
   > The main pa.   Too loud, not loud enough, bla bla on and on.   
      
   Soundwork is Exactly as critically important as musicianship or any other   
   kind of talent!!!   
      
   > I'm kinda tired of this.  It comes down to ME being the only one in the   
   > group that doesn't want to just blow the windows out of the place.   
      
   Will they ever grow up?   
      
   > Since it's basically my band, and I have the pa controls, we didn't fry   
   > any pa cabs this time. At least as far as I know. Maybe we did, haven't   
   > used them again yet.   
      
   Hopefully they're okay.   
      
   > Did I mention I'm really tired of this ?   
      
   Enough is enough is a real condition!   
      
   > Thoughts now go to - moving back to totally a solo act.  When I joined the   
   > band, they had, like .... one job ... they were always just one gig from   
   > nothing.  Now, we have nearly a hundred booked ( with our various   
   > configurations, some 4 piece, some 3 ).  So now, everyone seems to have   
   > opinions on everything, and mostly those amount to disagreeing with   
   > whatever I want to do.   
      
   What are their problems? Sounds like more than one.   
      
   > It's a sort of general rebellion thing.  Just disagree with me,   
   > automatically, no matter what.  I can understand that.   
      
   I can't understand it.   
      
   > I know other small business owners who deal with a similar thing, as in,   
   > low level employess who know better how to run the company than the   
   > management.  Guys who feel the boss doesn't know any more than them.   
      
   Perhaps, but can they Prove it?   
      
   > That seems to be what I'm running into. Or some variation.  In a real   
   > company, you ignore or get rid of people like that.  In the band, all I   
   > can really do is take myself out. And that's possibly coming down the   
   > road.   
      
   Jim   
      
   But it'll still accomplish the same thing one way or another.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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