From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2019013113005170647-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > In the cover tune business, where I live, there seems a constant need /   
   > desire to learn some new tune I don't already know.  Maybe that will be   
   > due to some request at a gig, or maybe just my own boredom. In the past,   
   > way past, there were usenet groups where people just posted midi files.   
   > Not very good most of the time, but then sometimes very good.  If I wanted   
   > to learn some song, find the midi, fix all the mistakes in it, use it as a   
   > backing while we played the fun parts live.   
      
   Assuming it's not pure Crap to begin with, what parts of a song aren't fun?   
   )   
      
   > Obviously, the very good midis people were passing around were   
   > professionally done.  That entire business ( of making quality midis of   
   > cover songs ) seems to have disappeared. Ok, not really, I can find a few   
   > companies that still sell midi format versions intended to be used as   
   > backing tracks.  Kinda pricey tho, as $8 or $9 per song seems a norm.   
   > Sure, that's not really a lot, gotta pay them starving keyboard guys   
   > slaving away in some basement making the files.   
      
   I just look around on the web for midi files to learn songs and parts of   
   them...sometimes I find them, sometimes not.   
      
   > But for us, for me, it's just not viable anymore. Talked to band girl   
   > about buying a few songs, weirdo things I don't like well enough to listen   
   > to long enough to make our own backings.  I'd have to actually listen to   
   > the songs to make our version, and ick .... ever listen to any of the   
   > stuff on the radio these days ?   Yeah, someone likes that stuff, but I   
   > don't.   
      
   That's most likely because they're meaningless mindless CRAP!!!   
      
   > That's a curse that comes with aging. Eventually you lose interest in   
   > poorly done music aimed at a kid market. And yes I'm calling the target   
   > audience of modern " country " kids.   
      
   The Curse is in becoming Zombies, not in disliking their Crap!!!   
      
   > This should tell me something. If I really don't like a song well enough   
   > to even want to learn it, why in holy hell are we thinking of playing the   
   > thing ???   
      
   YEAH!!! Especially when there are Originals to write, that the world is   
   waiting to hear!!!   
      
   > It really is time to prune the setlist down to just songs we actually   
   > like, and or start writing our own music.   
      
   YES!!! Write your own Music - it'll DeProgram the Zombies!!!   
      
   > Do I have enough life left for that fight ?   Maybe.  What's to lose ?   
      
   Of course you do! You're still breathing, and posting messages out here! And   
   the only loss is in Not doing it!   
      
   > I don't plan on playing more than a few more years anyway.  Certainly less   
   > than 10.   
      
   You will if you enjoy it enough!   
      
   > That came up yesterday when talking to wife about buying a new ( one last   
   > laptop )  computer. Said I'd probably not be doing this 10 years out. Or   
   > did she say that ?  I can't remember.   
      
   Life is for Living...particularly when it's Worth Living!   
      
   > So live for the now.   
      
   And help ensure that now lasts a Very long time!!!   
      
   > Time to start tossing out all those unfinished projects in my life.  Par   
   > it down to things I enjoy.   
      
   That's what I'm always saying - I've tried it their way, and wasted my   
   life - now I'm going to do it as planned, as I planned, with God's Blessings   
   of course!   
      
   > I'm about done arguing with people, especially in the area of tying to get   
   > them to go along with what actually works band business wise.  In ears,   
   > turn the volume down, play songs people want to hear .... so many fights   
   > with my band mates  ..... they've about sucked all my energy out. The   
   > easy, obvious, simple solution always was ... walk away from the idiots.   
   > Walking away from band work was how I got into doing solo work those many   
   > years ago.   
      
   A simple matter of moving toward what does work and away from what doesn't.   
      
   >  but then, after a while you run into some old buddy that has a duo gig   
   > ... or needs a fill in guitar or keyboard guy ... and in no time you're   
   > back in band hell.   
      
   I'm kind of like that now, but I do have my Originals, and That's what   
   matters, Not their CopyCatfish Crap!!!   
      
   > Well, I'm as done as done can be.  The new trio config is it for me. If   
   > this doesn't pan out, I'll hopefully I'll be smart enough to do solo work   
   > until the Lord calls me home.   
      
      
      
      
      
   JimD   
      
   My plan is to see how big a sound I can get as a duo.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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