From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018091112314360150-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > all this talk of monitors, and FOH mix and stuff ....   
      
   > Y heck, why can't we just do it the right way, the way all those greats of   
   > the past did it ?   
      
   Their sound persons/engineers were the ones who actually did it!   
      
   Maybe making it more stereo would also help.   
      
   > You know, grab an open bootle of whisky in hand, guitar around neck ( or a   
   > mic in the other free hand ) and stumble out on stage at some big concert   
   > and wail ?   
      
   Not quite as easy as it seems eh? ;)   
      
   > You know the ones ?  Where the band is already out there, warmed up, and   
   > the crowd is stomping and cheering for you to hit the stage ?   
      
   Obviously they knew what they were doing, which is why there was all the   
   stomping, clapping, and cheering - because it was actually EARNED!!!   
      
   That's what it takes!!!   
   Might as well go the rest of the route, with Originals...the Right way, and   
   the Only way to have Real FANS who'll cheer you on heartily when you take   
   the stage!!!   
   That's what I want...it's where it's at!!!   
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   > Why do we have to actually think about detail things like lyrics and   
   > chords and whether the FOH guy is asleep ?   That's just not the fantasy   
   > way I wanna work.   
      
   Thinking about those thing prevents the work from being a fantasy ;)   
   ---   
      
   > Or, put on my ugliest Buffett shirt, drive my Prius to the gig, crack a   
   > Jose something beer, chug it with some salt and lime, sit on my stool and   
   > strum some song about being a pirate. Brand new acoustic strings a buzzing   
   > and glimmering in the tiki lights.   That's the way you make music. No   
   > effects, no tracks, no harmonizer pedal.   
      
   If that's the kind of material you're into, laid back stoned low energy   
   party material ;)   
      
   It's okay sometimes, but I like variety - same problem with the band I'm in   
   right now, they're into high energy stuff, which is okay with me Just so   
   long as it's not Limited to it, because variety is important...helps prevent   
   boredom.   
   ---   
      
   > Why oh why is real life so hard. I want to live in a dream land .....   
      
   Write an Original album! It'll get you closer to that dream.   
      
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   > ok, got that off my chest. Now it's time to load my 6 space rack, a small   
   > powered speaker, two bags of cables and stuff ... my guitar and mic stand   
   > ... in the van and go do a real music gig. One where I actually have to be   
   > sober.  I have to have actual working gear.  I have to be on time.  I have   
   > to know the songs or they will notice.   
      
   That's why achieving the Love Vibe is so totally Awesome - because it   
   actually alters the reality within it, to a much more pleasant   
   configuration, for an Awesome Trip!   
      
   > Life is so hard. It's just not fair.   
      
   I hear that! Which is why it's a great idea to always look for ways to   
   change that!   
      
   > " fair ain't got nothing to do with it " -  Clint in that westwern movie   
   > just before he shot the corrupt sheriff.   
      
      
   JimD   
      
   Well, I'm not suggesting anything that extreme ;)   
      
   But there are more pleasant equivalents ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)