From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2016121910414946238-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Good question.   
      
      
   > Band girl and I spent about an hour talking about that this morning. We   
   > don't know. Could be money. Could be jealously.  Could be some other band   
   > people talking about us behind our backs. Could be musical style   
   > preferrences. Could be something we haven't thought of at all.   
      
   Could be if they were Decent enough to come out and say what it is, then it   
   wouldn’t be necessary to guess.   
      
   > My reactions are ...   
      
   > It's our band. We're not letting some outsiders decide how we run it.   
   > Like that game of Jenga, bands are tricky. In jenga, you never know for   
   > sure what block, if pulled out, will topple the entire pile. Same with   
   > bands. You never know what might be one change too many.   
      
   Depends entirely on the situation, which does NOT include some outsider with   
   a problem trying to get rid of someone that's NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS!   
      
   > A friend of mine talked last night about a band he was in back in his   
   > college days. Loved it. But their keyboard guy couldn't handle all the   
   > gigs they had. Wanted to stay, but just cut back on the gigs a little. The   
   > others didn't, so the keyboard guy left. Then the band couldn't find a   
   > replacement and broke up.  My friend said that within 6 months, he   
   > realized what a mistake it was. Said bands are precious.  Said he really   
   > missed it.  That conversation was a rare bit of honest emotion from him.   
   > Glad he told me.   
      
   > I know the same thing, from my own experiences.   
      
   Still sounds like it's the  result  of a communication problem.   
      
   > I'm not gonna fire anyone over nothing.  The complainers will need to come   
   > up with more than vauge mutterings. I don't see a problem with the guy.   
   > He's my friend. He adds to what we CAN do.   
      
   Once again, Communication is the key!   
      
   > That's a point too.  He adds to what we can do. Yes, we can work   
   > without him. But why ?   When he's there, we have just that much more   
   > possible.   
      
   > A lot of the issue comes to controlling the onstage runaway train that our   
   > shows are.  It's like a controlled explosion.  When it works, the crowd   
   > loves it. When it doesn't go as well, they still like us, but we feel   
   > stressed afterwards. I say learn to work with him, get him to fit into the   
   > stage " vibe " and let the onlookers back seat drive some other band.   
      
   Jim   
      
   And most of all, don't let the PEANUT GALLERY have any say in the matter ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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