From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2019021308451894933-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > No, our " other guy " isn't a drummer. He's a really good singer who, when   
   > he's with us plays rhythm guitar or bass. In his own band he plays bass.   
      
   So he probably pounds heads off by cranking the bass - had a situation like   
   that relatively recently.   
      
   > As to these guys seeing us and catching on to the levels, they won't.   
      
   Maybe they should see the gigs you're getting - maybe it *might* make them   
   think, maybe, maybe not.   
      
   > That's the whole thing.  If people IN THE AUDIENCE knew how this whole   
   > industry worked, the illusion would be gone.   
      
   What illusion? ;) Maybe they already know and it's only the overcranked   
   Idiots who still haven't gotten a clue.   
      
   > They see some shirtless, half crazed drummer slamming away on the stage,   
   > living out teenage rebellion, and that's the goal.   
      
   If they'd bother to get into the Music, they'd have learned a long time ago.   
      
   > One of my insightful friends nailed this in a comment recently. He said   
   > loud amature musicians are trying to live out a fantasy they see the rock   
   > gods doing.   
      
   That, in one Miserable form or another, is Always the result of Impure   
   motives, because  Music is supposed to be about Music!   
      
   > They actually believe that image they see on the big stage. From the   
   > costumes to the apparent sound level.  They simply can't grasp that it's   
   > an act.   
      
   JimD   
      
   They're probably into 'professional' wrestling too and believe that all the   
   skillful acting is really what they'd like to believe it is ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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