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   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017062010034940216-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Turns out we had a massive storm that night. I'm writting this two day   
   > later. I didn't even know the storm happened.  Trees down, river over a   
   > foot out of its bank, I slept thru it all.  Schnapps is apparently a sleep   
   > aid :-)   
      
   Booze is an excellent sleep aid, unless you drink too much and keep needing   
   to go to the bathroom ;)   
      
   > Duo jobs are great. Band jobs are a struggle. Same as it ever was.   
      
   Makes sense - more people in bands, more problems...which is why I Must make   
   The Difference, our duo, sound more like a band.   
   I'll be going to Guitar Center to get a 2 tier double braced keyboard stand.   
   It's rated to hold 250 lbs and since my Casio CDP-130 piano weight on 23.8   
   lbs and my old classic Yamaha DX7 weighs 31.2 lbs, that's a total of only 55   
   lbs, leaving a 195 lb safety margin so I think I'll be okay...but I still   
   Hate the thought of carrying a heavier stand, and another, heavier keyboard,   
   but if that's what it's going to take, I'll just have to do it, although   
   some kind  of hand truck might not be a bad idea, particularly if it'll let   
   me take all my gear in one trip.   
      
   > Good call for you. You have to do what you do.  I work different gigs   
   > apparently and for me they are great.   Gotta go witht what you love.   
      
   I guess.   
      
   > We bought several ( $$$ ) systems and have only used them out one time.   
   > Which brings up another point about them, as told to me by a pedal steel   
   > guy in a band that does bigger jobs that us, it's " all or nothing ".   
   > IEM's seem to only work out if you can get the whole band on them. All it   
   > takes is on person who insists on big loud floor wedges,  or some massive   
   > overkill stage amp, and the whole point goes away.   
      
   BAD soundwork not only means that IEMs sound bad, but so do ANY other kinds   
   of monitors, like wedges, or for that matter, the main speakers.   
      
   > It's not just about hearing better, it's about dropping the stage level so   
   > the singers can sing instead of YELL over amps.   
      
   If the singers are also using IEMs, there shouldn't be that problem.   
   And it's always about keeping the volume at a safe level, and once again,   
   that's still the main problem.   
      
   > Once players go IEM, it becomes possible to lose the stage amps, and with   
   > that .... the level drops to reasonable.  No more screaming over a   
   > distorted guitar.   
      
   Better than that, ***IF*** the sound is set up Right, is that EVERYONE can   
   hear each other and themselves - but when it's Not right, the Disaster   
   continues...like at my church!   
      
   > Ah, but what of the loud drummer ?   
      
   That's a problem, and I'm so fortunate to not only have an awesome Soulmate,   
   but he's also an awesome drummer! He's the only drummer I've ever   
   experienced, much less actually played with, who can and does, totally   
   control the volume dynamics of his playing, even with ordinary drum sticks.   
      
   > Yeah, exactly, what about that ?   
      
   I'd suggest having that drummer PRACTICE volume dynamics i.e. playing   
   quietly, until he gets it right!!!   
      
   > It is.   
      
   A 'sinking ship' is always a problem that demands immediate attention,   
   whether it's to keep it afloat, or abandon it.   
      
   > How useful is an electric hand drill once the battery goes flat ?   It   
   > isn't. It's just a heavy, useless motor that won't turn until you recharge   
   > it.   
      
   Okay, so recharge it ;)   
      
   > We work in a commercial environment. Seems you don't.  We could easily do   
   > what the other local band do, book the jobs, take whomever happens to be   
   > free that day, and play them. That's the game. That's what they all do.   
   > It's a merry go round, different bands made up of the same pool of   
   > players, all playing the same songs in the same keys.   
      
   Since there's already a band called "The Motels", you could always call your   
   most recent incarnation "The Hotels" because it seems that the bands change   
   names as much as hotels do...and that's very commercial ;)   
      
   > That works.  Do a horrid gig, club fires you ?  No problem, change the   
   > name, replace one or two guys, get rehired.  Most gigs won't be horrid,   
   > and you'll generally have work. Repeat over and over until you die.   
      
   Forever doing the same old BORING same old BORING copies - sounds like   
   musicians' Hell to me ;)   
      
   > That's not our business model. Instead we have a ( mostly ) fixed lineup.   
   > We do songs in the keys our singers can sing them best. We don't do the   
   > same songs as every other band in town. Oh, we can, we just don't.  Thanks   
   > to that, we, the singers, generally have a much better time of it.  But to   
   > make that work, we can't be subbing in random players from other bands a   
   > lot.  The computer fixes that.  When our bass guy can't make the gig. OK,   
   > we got that covered.  Same it the drumer couldn't be there.   
      
   What a way to try to get a Vibe ;)   
      
   > As far as dj's.  Yeah, I'd look at what they do and avoid it at all costs.   
   > ( does that need a sarcasm warning )   
      
   No, only an explanation of those specific things you try to avoid ;)   
      
   > Yes. IEM's came about as a solution to stage levels simply becoming   
   > unmanagably loud. Plus they sound better and are lighter.   
      
   The problem at my church is the prima donna 'rock star' who's always turned   
   up Blasting in the  IEMs, or the wedges, or anything else that's amplified,   
   and THAT's the problem!   
   Furthermore, IEMs are particularly painful when someone is overcranked, even   
   with the IEM receiver turned down, it's still Miserable as all one can hear   
   is the one who's overcranked, which means that in practice, nothing is   
   really fixed at all.   
      
   > too small, no headstock to catch you're hand from falling off the end of   
   > the neck. Nowhere to rest ( anchor ) your arm while you pick. Volume   
   > control is in a horrid place if you strum chords.  They use weirdo doiuble   
   > ball strings unless you buy a third party replacement neck end thing. On   
   > the low end one's some don't like the pickups.   
      
   Is that really that important? And if it is, it would seem the  company   
   isn't all that concerned with doing much, much less staying in business.   
      
   > and the only color currently available in stores for the low end one I   
   > want is black.   
      
   Obviously, there must be some kind  of allure to those guitars, all their   
   shortcomings notwithstanding ;)   
      
   > Getting out to try one is the plan.   
      
   Same here with trying three 'clonewheel organs, Nord C2D, Hammond Sk2, and   
   Crumar Mojo.   
      
   > No point yet, as the white models aren't in stock, and I'm not buying the   
   > black one. Two guitar color schemes I can't stand, tobacco sunburst, or   
   > black.  On a guitar that small, it needs a bright color so it can be seen   
   > on stage. Kinda look weird otherwise. In a dark venue, it might look like   
   > I'm air guitaring .....haha.   
      
   Jim   
      
      
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