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   "JimD"  wrote in message news:20180826231017194-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > that's some romantic idea, writing a message, plopping it in a bottle,   
   > throwing bottle in water .. with no idea who or even if anyone will ever   
   > read it.   
      
   > that's what this post is, a message in a bottle,   
      
   Not quite, because here it'll be seen by anyone else who's here.   
      
   > I'm sitting here, it's late, thoughts of bands and solos and such run thru   
   > my mind. I have this " big " rig in my band room. It's the gear I take   
   > when the band plays.  Then I have, on the desk beside me, a little   
   > Focusrite 6i6.   The thing is, the little 6i6 will do nearly all I really   
   > need to play a gig.  Nearly.  And yet it's only inches across.  Not two,   
   > soon to be three maybe, flight cases of gear.  Maybe I'm overdoing the   
   > band stuff.  Ya think ?   
      
   Going on tour? ;)   
      
   > My favorite cat, BJ, is sick.  He's been looking odd, thinner, to me over   
   > the last few weeks.  I thought, well, he's getting up there in years.   
   > Today, he came and sat by me on the couch, definately sick. I suspect he   
   > has a bad tooth, and has quit eating.  Cleaned it a bit, poked around to   
   > see if gum was infected. Got it bleeding.  He didn't really care for that,   
   > and hid from me for a few hours. Made up now, he's by my chair. Gave him   
   > some antibiotic, will keep an eye on him for a few days, make sure he is   
   > drinking.   
      
      
   > Life is more than arguing over volume.   
      
   No, not with a sick kitty to worry about, I hope he gets better. Have you   
   tried liquids at all?   
      
   > Speaking of that, my throat is sore from the weekend.  Having to sing very   
   > loud into a nearly non-functional mic friday did it.  I have two gigs   
   > tenatively scheduled this week on that same system. I'd just as soon they   
   > get cancelled. Oh, sure, I could ask for some volume on my mic, but that'd   
   > go nowhere. I might get some token nudge in the gain, but it wouldn't   
   > last.  Ego's are involved.   
      
   Jim   
      
   A thought you controlled the  levels.   
   I always work the mic when I sing, because I believe in letting the amp do   
   the work, so I can keep my voice.   
   It's got to be terrible singing loud for any extended length of time.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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