From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2019031010565485618-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > Maybe prima donna isn't the exact correct term. I have some friends who   
   > use far less " nice " words to describe how she acts sometimes.  It's all   
   > about insecurity.   
      
   I've faced and endured insecurity for my entire miserable existence, but I'm   
   a Rebel so I Fight it and continue onward anyway!   
      
   > I talked to her on the phone late last night after we got home.  She's ok.   
   > We talked about how things arent' gonna sound like Carnege Hall at our   
   > gigs.  Need to get a grip on that idea.  Out live, things aren't gonna   
   > sound perfect, ever. If you think they will, life will forever disappoint.   
   > Live shows are about being there, having fun.  Recording studios are for   
   > nit picking the sound.   
      
   To me that's a challenge - to make live and the studio more similar than   
   different ;)   
      
   > This applies with the recordings I'm making. They aren't to keep and show   
   > off. They are so I can spot BIG general issues with the shows.   
      
   Sure, but there are albums recorded live, and they're usually pretty   
   awesome!   
      
   > Everyone, Band girl included, needs a little pat on the back sometimes,   
   > some encouragement.   
      
   That's an understatement! We ALL Need Encouragement all the time!!!   
      
   > I do, she does, we all do. Everyone can feel insecure of themselves. We   
   > often need to let others lean on us now and then.  Not spend every waiking   
   > moment looking for flaws.  And we all fall short sometimes.   
      
   An encouraged psyche is Vital, particularly considering that we're   
   performers...and when it's for whatever reason or lame excuse not there, it   
   says that we Suck, that we're somehow not qualified, and that's   
   Devastating!!!   
   I so very well know - I've put up it my entire life - even wrote a song   
   about it, from the third album - Through The Eons:   
      
   9. State Of Mind   
      
   verse1   
   remembering way back when it all had begun   
   too early to be anything that I'd done   
   yet nonetheless being treated unkind   
   a slow painful path to a grim state of mind   
      
   why would it be so and what was the cause   
   not enough time for to break any laws   
   unspecified and not even defined   
   just a confused and perplexed state of mind   
      
   bridge1   
   desperately struggling trying to cope   
   grasping at straws and still daring to hope   
   of finding the answer before it's too late   
   to making the horror abate   
      
   no time to wait   
      
   verse2   
   many years painfully forging ahead   
   things could be easier going instead   
   ever the closer to feeling resigned   
   a depressing and frustrated sad state of mind   
      
   why does it seem like there's no end in sight   
   holding to faith trying to fight the good fight   
   seeing how much has already declined   
   a struggle for keeping a right state of mind   
      
   bridge2   
   trying so hard to abide and endure   
   wishing and praying that there'll be a cure   
   to end this disease and be soon getting well   
   and finally escape from this Hell!   
      
   breaking the spell   
      
   verse3   
   continuing on with persistent resolve   
   no matter what happens what it may involve   
   to rise to each challenge and leave it behind   
   constantly seeking a good state of mind   
      
   hoping its substance will soon realize   
   and the sought after dream will materialize   
   keeping the faith for to finally find   
   the joy of a fully renewed state of mind   
   ---------------------------------------------------------   
      
   > Today we're playing again, in just a few hours. It'll be fun.   Then we'll   
   > go out for diner afterwards.  That's the plan anyway.  Then tomorrow to   
   > rest, then my new keyboard will come and I'll have the week to figure it   
   > out.  Or think, man, I picked the wrong one :-)  hahaha   
      
   JimD   
      
   It seems like it should be up to the  job and since you'll probably test it   
   in combat anyway, you find out soon enough while enjoying the gigs - which   
   probably means that it had Better work out ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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