From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017072008440178455-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Or a house gig. Find one of those and you don't have to move gear.   
      
   That would be pretty awesome...a pa and mics all set up, and I wouldn't mind   
   a nicely in tune concert grand piano, and a Hammond B3 with a couple of   
   Leslie 122s all waiting for me to just show up and get down ;)   
      
   > What we need depends on the size of the place. So the gear varies.   
      
   I just Hate hauling ;)   
      
   > Well that's it. Totally live or nothing.  A good, purist attitude to have.   
   > Not how I think at all.   
      
   I want the Vibe that can Only come from actual Live musicians performing in   
   real time.   
      
   > Wonder why the big kids use this stuff ?   Could it be that they do things   
   > on their records that they couldn't possibly carry enough musicians to   
   > recreate live ?   
      
   That's usually what happens.   
      
   > Easy solution there, don't do things in the studio you can't do live.   
      
   That is Precisely what we plan to do when we record studio albums - NOT do   
   anything there that we wouldn't be able to do Live onstage. That way, we   
   won't disappoint our audiences, or ourselves.   
      
   > So no Freddy Mercury. No late Beatles stuff. No singing harmony with   
   > yourself. Or using a nice double drum part, or orchestral things, unles   
   > you plan on two drummers and carrying an orchestra.   
      
   No one is stopping bands from Honestly Representing how they'll sound   
   onstage, on their studio recordings.   
      
   > Yet, sometimes, in the studio, that sort of thing is what your muse says   
   > needs to be. Does the recording matter ?  We do that all the time.   
      
   My muse says first and foremost that I need to be Honest and NOT use   
   trickery possible Only in the studio, to MISrepresent what audiences will   
   expect to hear from us Live and be Disappointed if they don't!   
      
   > I love to sing layered harmony parts. I can do that, I'm good at it, and   
   > they sound great ( pat myself on the back ) behind band girls lead parts.   
   > So don't do those because there's no way I can sing them live ?   
      
   If you can't do it Live, why fake it with a recording?   
   Same thing with guitar and fiddle.   
      
   I'd *like* to be able to simultaneously play piano and Hammond organ with   
   both hands, but since I can't the  best thing I can do is play one with one   
   hand and the other with the other hand...but it's got to sound good, because   
   that's what it's all about and I do believe I'll be able to do it...it'll   
   sound different to be sure but so long as it sounds good is what matters.   
      
   > Good is pure.   
      
   > Good is good.   
      
   > Purely pure is unobtainable.   
      
   But the more effort, the closer it gets!   
      
   > You can do it.  I don't care about " real ".  I'm an artist when I put   
   > that hat on, and whatever I feel like doing is what I'll do.   
      
   Same here, I'm an artist (my Soulmate told me that I am - he's awesome), but   
   a machine will Never be, and I'll NOT substitute one for a Real artist!!!   
      
   > There's nothing like seeing these big deal acts up close to help   
   > understand just what they are.   
      
   Probably, but it could also end up doing it the hard way ;)   
      
   > I'm gonna stop here. The rest of your post dealt with my friend who hated   
   > my setup. I'll pick that up in a separate reply.  You were probably dead   
   > on as to his motives, btw.   
      
   Jim   
      
   I've been in my share of bands, and the horrors that go with that.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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