From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017092622390124044-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I use laptops.  No one makes laptops with replaceable parts, do they ?   
      
   I'm not sure if they do but I'd like to be able to build those too, because   
   I believe a *personal* computer should *really be* *personal*, and building   
   one is as about as personal as it can get!   
      
   > Kinda like cell phones. In order to make all that stuff fit in a tiny   
   > case, they need to build it as basically unrepairable. Then they glue it   
   > together.   
      
   Makes me worry about reliability.   
      
   > Plan on buying a new cell phone every two years, or sooner if you drop it.   
      
   Then they've got to be able to withstand dropping....perhaps using an   
   efficient energy absorbing case to protect what's inside.   
      
   > Windows is great in an industrial envoronment, or where you have access to   
   > serious IT people. Neither of those apply to me.  I'm just a poor   
   > musician.   
      
   Windows SUCKS everywhere, which is why the more serious industrial uses use   
   the Linux os.   
      
   > Ah, if it were only that simple.   
      
   It IS simple, just  DO it, DEMAND it, and don't settle for anything less!!!   
      
   > Then again, maybe it is. When I think of all the locals that can't quite   
   > get as famous as they think they deserve, I'm reminded that they pretty   
   > much are getting what they actually deserve, based on how they play and   
   > behave.   
      
   Absolutely.   
      
   > Wanna be famous ?   Start young, be a 10 on looks, have a rich family,   
   > start young ( opps said that ), write some great pop songs, or hire that   
   > done, and you're in the game.   
      
   That's engaging in Self-Discouragement.   
      
   > Be willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. And that's likely gonna   
   > include things you won't want to brag about much.   
      
   That's being a Whore.   
      
   > Do all that, and maybe you have a 1 in 10, 000 chance of at least getting   
   > on the charts.   
      
   Just do Great Original Music that's captivating, speaks to listeners'   
   hearts, produces powerful Vibes, and really gets stuck in their heads, and   
   they'll want more...which means they'll come to *you* for it, not someone   
   else!   
      
   > None of that will make you happy, or talented. Did I even mention talent ?   
   > Not necessary now.  Looks are.  Money is.  Talent, not so much.   
      
   Filthy Lucre is NOTHING...those who Love it are Deranged!   
   Talent is Priceless, which means that it has Real Value....and either   
   someone wants to enjoy That, or they're not interested.   
   So seek out those who are interested, and Forget the Idiots who aren't!!!   
      
   > We sing out about every other day.  I rehearse every day.  I need to avoid   
   > things that will just kill my voice.  So I sing within my range.   
      
   The idea I was trying to relate is that of being  able to handle it, mostly   
   by expanding one's range...which is why I mentioned that I write songs that   
   are mostly within my range.   
      
   > And, not surprisingly, it's about 2 and a half octaves. I don't count   
   > vocal fry or whistling notes up past falsetto.  If I can't fit a melody in   
   > a two octave range, I'm not singing the song.   
      
   That's a very good range, particularly for LOTS of singing.   
      
   > For me, problem songs are those occasional " outlaw " country things where   
   > the lead part is a bass line. Long Black Train comes to mind. I'm a   
   > baritone, not a bass. Oh well.   And band girl has great tone, and a range   
   > about the same size as mine, but a slight bit offset from me. That works   
   > out great for harmony parts. The upper end of my range is just perfect for   
   > singing harmony over her.  If I can't hit the harmony, then she's likely   
   > too high in her range also.   
      
   Just so long as it's not a song, like some Elton John tunes, that are split   
   between the high and low ends of my range...I Hate that and it doesn't sound   
   right, so I usually just sing other notes that avoid the splitting.   
      
   > Then there are screamer songs.  I do those.  Don't what her damaging  ( or   
   > just wasting ) her voice on that shit.  Mony Mony.   
      
   I definitely don't scream. I keep my voice away from any danger zones and   
   let the mic and amplifiers do the work.   
      
   > If she sings too low, she gets an almost immediate sore throat.  If I sing   
   > too high, my voice gets all scratchy and rsapy sounding and it takes me a   
   > while to settle back to my normal tone.   
      
   Jim   
      
   Vocal mechanism muscle stretching and conditioning in order to expand one's   
   range and comfortably and safely hit those notes is what I'll make it a   
   point to work on.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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