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   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017013001351485731-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > ah, a big empty room ..........   
      
   No, not really ;)   
      
   > I kinda miss being called RASCIST :-)   
      
   That desperate? ;)   
      
   > Was a quiet weekend. No gigs.  I needed a break.  Redid my main rack case   
   > gear arrangement.  It's a 6 space SKB, with a Furman power strip in the   
   > top, my Roland midi / the Focusrite sharing a rack tray at the bottom, and   
   > the new Mackie mounted in the middle. Lots of open space. That's good, as   
   > having some open makes it possible to see and get to the controls on the   
   > Mackie. There are a few other things in there, one of the Line6 wireless   
   > receivers, an Apple Express wi-fi thing, and several power supplies.   
      
   Amazing how something originally designed for electronics labs and test   
   facilities, namely EIA 19" racks, would be used so much for bands.   
      
   > We picked up a fall festival today.  That kinda surprised us. Did the job   
   > last year, thought, eh, not a big crowd. We had rain, so that was part of   
   > it. This gig was a - play not matter what - thing.  I suppose in a tornado   
   > we could have called it, but not for rain. And rain it did. That started   
   > just AFTER we finished, but the threat of it kept the crowd down. And one   
   > of the other bands they hired, different day, was a big deal disco band   
   > back in the day. We thought, crap, what did we get into. So it was a   
   > pleasant surprise to get asked back, and for more money :-)   
      
   Disco Sucks! Always has, always will ;)   
   Not so much a few individual songs, but trying to format it into a genre -   
   YUK!   
      
   > Oh, and one of our tourist spots called and hired the duo for the season.   
   > That's a bunch of work, long days, but fun.   
      
   Working on my duo too...about to get some business cards printed up...and   
   need a bigger sound...so I started listening to a lot of tunes...heard ZZ   
   Top's "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide", and noticed that there isn't a whole lot of   
   substance to that song...except for the *bass*...which means that now I've   
   got to get a double braced two tier keyboard stand because my old classic   
   Yamaha DX7 synth is soon going to be keeping my digital piano company!   
   It'll be another 30lbs but it's got some great guitar, bass, and clavinet   
   sounds, just to name a few. Plus it's a classic keyboard that's still used   
   to this day...and soon by me too ;)   
   And I've even got an old Zoom 1010 multi-effects module to try out   
   too...more stuff, more hauling, but more sound too!   
      
   > I still haven't figured out how to completely eliminate the korg   
   > controller, replace its functionality with the iPad. Almost tho. It's   
   > close enough, I may use the pad this week anyway.  All I'm missing really   
   > is a button that will force the channel in Logic to my keyboard preset for   
   > the song. I can still get there, but not as easily as with the korg.   
   > Downside of the korg is its unpredictability. Sometimes it connects,   
   > sometimes not.  It's going away, one way or another.   
      
   Probably too computerized.   
      
   > Still snow here.  Duo rehearsal tomorrow, maybe, depends on the weather.   
      
      
      
   Jim   
      
   That's what my duo needs to be doing soon too.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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