From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017021214423186543-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > There was a DJ working a wedding on the other side of the venue last   
   > night.  Missed a golden opportunity I guess.  I should have gone over   
   > there, to that room packed full of partiers and ask around if they cared   
   > the " music " they were dancing too wasn't live.  Ha.   
      
   If their concentration is on dancing, they wouldn't care if the beat is   
   supplied by a drum machine...or any other machine ;)   
      
   > Our side was full, that other side was full.  None of the partiers cared   
   > one bit how " live " or not live it was.   
      
   That only illustrates my point - that playing in real time for dancers is   
   pure overkill...and the DJ clearly proved that Totally canned sound was all   
   that was ever needed in the first place ;)   
      
   > Last week ?  The drummer showed up sick, only lasted thru the first set,   
   > then we had to ask my wife to do the rest of the night on drums.   
      
   Well, at least he tried...and that part wasn't a total loss.   
      
   > Our " other guy " / bassist / singer wasn't at the gig. He had a duo gig   
   > that paid a few dollars more, so when to that.   
      
   Just like that? He dumps the band gig for the  duo gig and doesn't even give   
   any advance notice?   
      
   > And, again, the ghost that apparentily haunts that club struck. I was very   
   > careful about setup. We even did a sound check ( a rare event  and total   
   > waste of time for most club gigs ).  Even then, once we started the hour   
   > and a half first set, the usb linked coontroller that handles my guitar   
   > rig went crazy once we started. AND..... the wifi linked backup system,   
   > ALSO went crazy.   
      
   > I think the place is haunted.   
      
   I wonder if that 'ghost' would have a more difficult time of 'haunting'   
   older, more robust equipment.   
   But I can certainly appreciate a haunted place, I used to live in one, and   
   for 10 years.   
      
   > I hit the high spots just above  ... look up :-)   
      
   Music is *supposed* to be FUN!!!   
      
   > Work is when we're doing it for someone else's pleasure, and they are   
   > paying us to do that :-)   
      
   And you'd rather be doing something for your pleasure instead...like Music,   
   that you like???   
      
   > the band gigs are far more work than solo's or duo's and for less money.   
      
   Yeah, particularly when you're splitting up the same pay more ways, which   
   SUCKS!   
   But then that's the bar scene, and why better venues, with Originals, are   
   the way to go!!!   
      
   > the love vibe is between me, or me and the singer girl, and the AUDIENCE.   
   > It's not between me and the other people on stage. They are supposed to be   
   > helping create the overall vibe of the room, not dragging me down.   
      
   The Love Vibe  starts between the players and quickly regeneratively   
   amplifies to the point where the audience picks it up and then everyone's   
   connected into it, and it's Awesome!   
   Dragging anyone down is simply a Bad vibe!   
      
   > Had an insight on this today, because last nights band gig - three piece -   
   > went so well.   
      
   That's cool when everything 'clicks', and that's *usually* easier with a   
   smaller band, like a three piece!   
      
   > What I realized is that bands are a team.   
      
   Absolutely...because if it isn't a team, it isn't a band either!!!   
      
   > And in a team, each person plays a part, performs a function. And . . ..   
   > they need to do that without dragging others down, asking questions all   
   > the time, interferring with the rest of the team.   
      
   That's where Compatibility, and Rehearsing, are Critical!   
      
   > To put it more bluntly. If you don't know the key of a tune, don't be   
   > asking me while I'm trying to sing the first verse.  Pay attention at   
   > rehearsals, and make yourself a list.   
      
   That sounds like someone who isn't all that interested in the first place.   
      
   > If  your monitor doesn't work, don't be complaining about it between every   
   > song in the first set. Try noticing that it's not plugged in or whatever   
   > during setup or sound check. Once we start the first set, it's too late.   
      
   In other words, be prepared, including backup plans if necessary...but   
   mostly, see to it that everything works Before such trouble arises.   
      
   > That applies to anything, or everything. Once the show starts, I don't   
   > care what problem you have or what gear you didn't bother to turn on or   
   > plug in or check .... once the set starts, YOU deal with it.   
      
   That "trouper" attitude is Mandatory...which means that there should also be   
   an attitude of making sure everything, and everyone, is ready beforehand.   
      
   > Don't bother me, and don't be asking the singer girl either.  It's not her   
   > job to remember the keys of the songs for you.  And it's not her job to   
   > move some stage light that you notice is shining in your eye only AFTER we   
   > start the show.   
      
   Sounds like Terminal Laziness...BUMMER - and Bad vibes!   
      
   > Get it ?   It's a team thing, everyone needs to add to the effort, not   
   > count on others to help them do what they should do on their own.   
      
   Such Immaturity will Never make any good Vibes!   
      
   > Band girl and I work great together. We " read " each other, we each know   
   > how to do our own jobs, and aren't counting on someone else unnecessarily.   
   > Add in more people, who don't know how to work as a team, and that smooth   
   > functioning starts to break apart.   
      
      
      
   Jim   
      
   It only takes adding just ONE of the Wrong people to move things towards a   
   trainwreck!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)