From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017040923025095106-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Oh, hell no, we haven't been doing that. I dont' think I ever even made it   
   > thru a complete listen to that thing. I'm a country guy. Like my songs   
   > with structure, verses, chorus', lyrics that say something, a dance beat.   
   > Not really into obtuse progressive euro jazz rock. :-)   
      
   I prefer the American version, specifically the band Kansas, my favorite   
   band!   
      
   > A snoozer lp.  The cover art was nice tho   
      
   It's not supposed to put you to  sleep ;)   
      
   > Huh.  That's such a weird thought I can't even begin to understand. Of   
   > course you can waste your time on about anything.   
      
   Well you do have to at least like it first, and if not why bother ;)   
      
   > Maybe there are better places.  The thinking around this house now is to   
   > let the band go.  Then the places we would have been playing like that   
   > won't matter.  I won't be playing there.   
      
   How about instead just let the troublemakers in the band go instead?   
      
   > You shouldn't then. You have standards.  Stick to that.   
      
   That's why I write songs, to raise the standard, not Further Lower it!   
      
   > I know a very uncompromising musician.  Very particular. Very, very hard   
   > to work with as he's absolutely a perfectionist.  Oh, and he's not really   
   > working these days. Same ol' story.  After a while the other people in his   
   > various bands get fed up and leave.  It's sad, as he's a really fine   
   > musician. It's just that he's also a terrible business person.   
      
   I'm sure Quality matters more to him than quantity, and he'd rather be part   
   of a business based on that.   
      
   > We are thinking about showing up with minimal instruments, like you know,   
   > some guitars, a keyboard, drums .... and just coast thru the gig. We get   
   > played the same whether we sound good or not, and so why not just do the   
   > minimum ?  Oh, and since the gig pays - by the person - we're taking a   
   > buddy along that we dont' really need at all, just becuase he can use the   
   > money and if they are stupid enough to pay by the headcount onstage, why   
   > not take extras ?   
      
   I wouldn't mind a situation like that myself ;)   
      
   > It's a union mindset. They aren't paying us for the work done, the   
   > product, they pay by how many people we bring. So 5 or 6 barely competent   
   > players get paid more for the gig than 2 or 3 or 4 really really good   
   > ones.  I think 6 people on stage is where the money tops out. If it   
   > didn't, I'd seriously call around and see if anyone else wants to tag   
   > along on the gig just for the bucks.   
      
   By bringing people in, does that mean, people in the band or people who'll   
   be attracted to come to hear the band and spend money? ;)   
      
   > I've been thinking about writting a book.  Seriously.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   Writing songs would be better!   
   Besides, what would the book be about?   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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