From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018093020155682641-email@nowherecom...   
      
   On 2018-09-30 22:54:27 +0000, Ouisie said:   
      
   > Yes, the band existed before I was added.  I replaced a front man /   
   > keyboardist who drank too much.   
      
   A real 'winner' ;)   
      
   > I had a nice little solo thing happening when I joined. The band existed   
   > as mostly a garage jam band.   
      
   Starting to sound like a junk car up on blocks, and it's up to you to   
   restore it! ;)   
      
   > I changed the setlist, moved a bunch of band girls songs into keys where   
   > she didn't have to sceam them.  Stuff like that.   
      
   Sounds like lots of transposing...like with me at church.   
      
   > We started actually getting jobs.  For years I wasn't technically the "   
   > leader ", the loud drummer was.   
      
   Another 'winner' ;)   
      
   > They had band cards, my name wasn't on them. My number wasn't either.   
      
   "Band cards"? Sounds like business cards, or in their  case, Monkey Business   
   cards ;)   
      
   If that ever happened to me, and I actually  *liked* being in the band, I'd   
   get my own band business cards made!   
      
   > But when it came to musical decisions, those were mine ( along with the   
   > girl singer ).  Reason for that was easy. I was fronting the band, singing   
   > half the songs, playing most of the music.   
      
   Yeah, and you were the only one interested and concerned enough to want to   
   improve things.   
      
   > The drummer knew next to nothing about music. He was a drummer.   
      
   That's no excuse ;)   
      
   >  The long gone bass player wanted to be a banjo player. He knew nothing of   
   > playing bass. Didn't even know the names of the notes on the fretboard.   
      
   Sounds like the band was basically a LEMON!   
      
   > Other guitar player was a cent player, but again, totally musically   
   > illiterate.  He could learn by rote, but had no ability at all to   
   > transpose a song into another key. That's why band girl was singing songs   
   > in inappropriate keys.   
      
   Sounds like he didn't Sufficiently know his instrument.   
      
   > Over time, several of the band didn't like things changing.  They didn't   
   > like actually learning material instead of jamming at rehearsals.   
      
   Can't jam RIGHT until the material is Thoroughly Learned, by LOTS of work,   
   and these characters sound Totally LAZY.   
      
   > And they didn't like having to take time aways from their weekend   
   > activities to show up at band jobs.   
      
   A 'band' that doesn't want to play gigs! That's INSANE!!!   
      
   > Retired, or nearly retired men aren't big on working or following rules.   
      
   Then What could they possibly have retired From???   
      
   > After a lifetime career, many retiree's make it a point of rebelling.   
      
   Rebelling against what's *supposed* to be a Labor of Love???...when they   
   *should* have rebelled earlier against what helped them cultivate their   
   rebellious attitude in the first place?   
      
   > A life having to be at work, on time, and doing things at someone else's   
   > desires ofen leaves people with pent up desires to break all the rules.   
      
   So being Totally STUPID, they're now going to take out all their   
   frustrations on an innocent band! That's SICK!   
      
   > They had that. The more jobs we got, the more we worked, the more their   
   > need to get even with life became a problem.   
      
   Why would they even want to be in a band in the  first place?   
      
   > more later, I'm watching a murder mystery :-)   
      
   Jim   
      
   Columbo by any chance? Because that's what's on over here.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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