From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:201706271312448837-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > In my case it seems to be a sinus thing.   
      
   It might be easier to use a vaporizer or something else to clear out  the   
   sinuses...but it's just not the same as booze or some other  tranquilizer ;)   
      
   > what does one of those weigh ?   
      
   The DX7 weighs 31.2 lbs.   
      
   > Or drummer has done that with monitors. And yet, he's complaining he can't   
   > hear.   
      
   That was the situation in my case, I couldn't hear myself because I wasn't   
   being turned up, so the monitor didn't help, except to blow me away with   
   everyone else's sound except my own, so I turned it  away.   
      
   > enjoy it, a drummer that understands how to play at a reasonable level is   
   > rare in the less than full time pro circles. At the pro level, they can   
   > and do drop the volume right down to usable, or they get fired. It's   
   > really a simple thing.   
      
   It is simple, but my Soulmate, like myself, has a professional attitude.   
      
   > Band girl talks about this a lot. She says the drummer should know the   
   > material, know the songs. Says what if she were to just decide to " sing   
   > what she feels " ?  Oh, no, she is expected to learn the song, know the   
   > words, get close to the melody, but for whatever reason it's ok for the   
   > players to just wing it.   Somethings not right there.   
      
   Sometimes an *undesirable* situation may require 'winging' it, but only a   
   Lazy Fool would actually *want* to play like that!!!   
      
   > We play songs.  Actual songs people will recognize.   
      
   And that  Requires Knowing the material, Thoroughly, and that means LOTS of   
   Rehearsal!   
      
   > I know that is  frowned on by many.  There are a lot of musicians who   
   > think they are supposed to just make it up as they go.   
      
   Even doing that  Requires that they Know what to make up, rather than   
   guessing, which often results in guessing Wrong! ;)   
      
   > That approach is ok in a garage, or " jam ".   
      
   It's not  even okay there, in fact, particularly there, because that can   
   result in the Very Bad Habit of taking it from the garage to the Stage!!!   
      
   > It works a lot less effectively in other settings ....  concert   
   > orchestras, stage productions, bands that expect to get paid ... and so   
   > on.   
      
   It simply Must sound good...Consistently, and that's NEVER by chance!!!   
      
   > Guitar Center is listing them as available now. Shipping in 3 to 7 days.   
   > No good. I need to physically touch one first. So will wait until one is   
   > in a store nearby.   
      
   I've got the same situation regarding a Hammond 'clonewheel' organ...and   
   the lowest priced one is $2,300, and the highest priced one is $3,700 - NO   
   WAY I'm not trying them first!!!   
      
   > Girl from the Talking Heads painted her sunburst Precision with battleship   
   > grey. She seems to sort of regret that now. Probably did that to fit in   
   > with the color scheme of their " Stop Making Sense " tour.  Grey on grey,   
   > with grey highlights.   
      
   Jim   
      
   While it's true that grey goes with everything, it's also true that it's   
   kind  of Boring ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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