From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018102600481464491-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > 3 players, all acoustic night.  Me and two other friends took turns, 20   
   > minutes each, taking the stage and singing with acoustic guitar, for a   
   > three hour gig.   
      
   I've never heard of a gig like that! Open mic, but never a gig.   
      
   And it being all acoustic sounds Limiting. I've heard of some places that   
   are very strict about it being totally acoustic, but one day, when my   
   Originals take off and I can afford roadies, I'll get back at them - I'll   
   have an acoustic piano moved onto the stage and give 'em what for, even   
   though a Yamaha Motif would be a lot smaller and lighter, even though it's   
   not acoustic ;)   
      
   > Small stage at a " sports bar ", we were in an area, there were other   
   > areas. One was a bigger room where they have the real acts.  There was an   
   > outdoor patio area with a big fireplace ( nice for this cooler time of the   
   > year ).   
      
   The *real* acts? So what was with the taking turns part, for a gig?   
      
   > Our area was like a sort of garage with glass walls and a big circular bar   
   > in it.  Wasn't a garage, it was part of a very popular bar in a nice part   
   > of town, but it looked like a garage on the inside.   
      
   Maybe someone's idea of a 'garage band' effect, a weird one ;)   
      
   > Tiny stage.   There wasn't any focus on us, or anything in particular. It   
   > was like a sort of multi area hang out.  People can move around, from the   
   > " garage " we were in, to outside and sit around a big fire circle, or to   
   > the main area, a sort of restaurant like room with booths.   
      
   That's why I prefer concerts, they're focused on the Music!   
      
   > I liked the place. If I'm offered a chance to do it again, I will.   
   > Difference will be, I know what the gig is about now.   
      
   I can't even imagine what something like that must be like - not sure I want   
   to either.   
      
   > It wasn't scary, just odd.   
      
   I'm sure of that, and then some ;)   
      
   > Like I was doing a solo but for 20 and 30 year olds who didn't care if we   
   > were there or not.  In fact, they'd probably been happier if we weren't.   
   > Musicians don't get much respect from that age group.  They are too into   
   > themselves.   
      
   More like they're too into being Zombies!   
      
   > On very interesting thing was that when I came home, walked into the   
   > house, I thought " gee, I'm not carrying much ".  I wasn't.  My acoustic   
   > guitar in a gig bag, and one shoulder bag with a few cables and my ipad.   
   > Wow, neither weighs much at all, and that was all I took. Thought, if my   
   > solo gigs could be this easy.  That was the other thing. I wasn't stressed   
   > at all after the gig. It's like I didn't even really do one.  No exertion   
   > at all. This was easier than just staying home and watching youtube.  Was   
   > that because I didn't feel any responsibility ?  Probably.  And because I   
   > didn't have to take any gear. No loading up before hand and unloading   
   > afterwards.   
      
   That's what  roadies are for...I want some! ;)   
   I just want to get on stage, jam my heart out, totally get off on it, and   
   when it's finally over, and of course I always hope it never will be, just   
   let the roadies do all the strenuous work without a care in the world about   
   it ;)   
      
   > Being a side man is easy. No responsibility.  No gear to amount to   
   > anything.   
      
   That's cool.   
      
   > No cares about how the job goes.   
      
   How is that possible?   
      
   > I need to seriously think about why our gigs are so stressfull.   
      
      
   JimD   
      
   What else? Too much struggling, the  usual.   
      
   Too many personality conflicts too often.   
      
   And speaking of which, for the FIRST TIME since I've been playing in our   
   church band, the level was DOWN!!!!!   
      
   It was Amazing! I actually *clearly* Heard Everything!   
      
   Sure I had to adjust the level of my playing, which takes more effort with   
   an acoustic piano and I was on the soft pedal much of the time, but I'm used   
   to it and it was absolutely Wonderful!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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