From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018101423222938596-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > good analogy.   
      
   It's a simple analogy, that ANY sensory capability that's Attenuated, will   
   Greatly Diminish if not Totally Eliminate the ability to Effectively use it!   
      
   > the take away for me was the statement that some musicians play loud   
   > because they WANT TO.  Because they like LOUD.   
      
   That's the message I got too...but WHY would anyone want to Deliberately   
   enDanger the one and only sensory system they Need to be functioning   
   properly to Effectively enjoy the stimuli, in this case audio, and   
   specifically Music???   
      
   > The " why " would be because they think it'll work on me.   
      
   I meant their Motive for the "Gaslighting" - what they're hoping to achieve   
   by doing it.   
      
   > We did two gigs over the weekend. The first trio based square dance, and a   
   > band gig with the full lineup.  Both jobs went fine, or possibly better   
   > than that even.  Today was a packed house, very good gig. We did screw a   
   > few tunes, here and there, same ol' issues ... but no matter, it was full,   
   > we had fun, people were dancing, la de da.   
      
   Almost worthy of coming out to play ;)   
      
   > I have a duo and a solo this week, then another full band job on the   
   > weekend.  Time to ponder things.   
      
   To ponder what? How things seem to be getting better? How much more work   
   there is to do before things Really get better? ;)   
      
   > On a totally different track, I was offered a gig next week, a sort of   
   > weird thing. Three singers rotate for the evening, 5 songs each.  Ah, and   
   > it's just one singer at a time, no tracks, just acoustic guitar.  What a   
   > weird seeming concept. It's structured like some sort of a cutting   
   > contest.  I know one of the other singers ... he's in my band :-)   But   
   > the third guy ?   Um .. .. don't have a clue.  Could be a pro, or maybe   
   > something less serious.   
      
   A cutting contest? I'll have Nothing to Ever do with that...it's such a   
   Bummer!   
      
   > How good could he be ?   I mean acoustic guitar and voice only goes so   
   > far.  So, if it comes to it that I do the gig, .... wonder what I'd sing.   
   > Dunno.  Over the night I'd need 15 tunes. Do I know 15 hipster songs that   
   > I can do on acoustic guitar ?  Probably not off the tip of my tongue.   
   > Maybe 5 or 6. I know hundreds of tunes I could do that way, but not what   
   > I'd expect would work in a urban waterhole setting.   
      
   Do have all the details yet  are there still some missing?   
      
   > What I am good at is reading an audience.  And I have the lyrics to lots   
   > of tunes I've done over the years in my iPad.  If the job comes thru ( yes   
   > it's a paying thing ), then I'll sort out 15, go and enjoy the challenge.   
   > Yeah, I think it'd be worth a go.   
      
   Challenge? Who can enjoy that? That's what practice and rehearsal is for, to   
   Overcome the challenge!!!   
      
   > We have two weeks before the next square dance. We need to do some work on   
   > that, add another tune or so. And I need to learn the Black Mountain Rag   
   > on the fiddle in the next two weeks.  It's better to be busy than not,   
   > isn't it ?   
      
   JimD   
      
   Speaking of busy, that Black Mountain Rag is kind of mellow ;) Not quite the   
   Flatt & Scruggs energy level ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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