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   "JimD"  wrote in message news:201710161502393807-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Been working on some songs today, got a call from an old bud. Not Louise.   
      
   )   
      
   > He said he did a first gig  with his new duo ( no band ) over the weekend.   
   > They were prepaired to use tracks but then didn't, as it was a small   
   > affair, a wedding, and what's the point. Two acoustic guitars ... whank   
   > whank ... :-)   
      
   Why? Is two too small a number? ;)   
      
   > He said he was happy it turned out that way, not using tracks. And the   
   > reason they could, he proudly told me, is because they can actually play.   
   > They can play the songs, no need for backings.   
      
   I think he meant that they can actually play Live, without NON-live   
   recordings.   
      
   > Hours went by. I worked on some piano backing tracks.  I downloaded some   
   > old audio files.  Watched some youtube vids out of boredom, heard an old   
   > CCR tune, decided to go back and relearn that.  Doing stuff.   
      
   I've got to do my continuing homework today too and work on the new band's   
   setlist - rehearsed with them last night - Awesome!   
   The hard work really pays off...but then I've Always Known that....but the   
   Lazy don't care...their loss!   
      
   > Then something hit me. My wedding buddy, why so proud that they can   
   actually play their instruments ?   Of course they can. Who doubts that   
   > ?   
      
   Perhaps those who somehow don't think playing Live is quite enough and   
   suggest adding recordings to Pollute the mix.   
      
   > Hummm ... this is what Ouise is all about, sorta, some belief that using   
   > tracks is fake or cheating or something.  Wedding guy sees them as   
   > something evil too.  It's like, if you can really play you don't need   
   > them.  Conversly, then if you use them you can't play ?   
      
   I don't think it's about the converse part at all, but rather the idea that   
   if you  can play Live, then Keep it Live...Entirely!   
      
   > Is that " concert " thinking ?    Because I could see at a concert you'd   
   > want to hear the keyboard guy really play.   We don't do concerts, we play   
   > dances. At dances, they don't care about the purity of things.  We can   
   > play totally live, sound just like, you know, a slightly better singing   
   > garage band.  Or we can play over rhythm tracks, sound like a pro band,   
   > and still sing better than most of the locals.  Or, if we wanted even more   
   > jobs and more money and bigger crowds, we leave the instruments at home   
   > and just sing to actual karaoke tracks.  Like the big money church groups   
   > do :-)   
      
   That's SICK!!!   
      
   That's where the Personal Integrity factor comes in - just because 'they'   
   don't care shouldn't mean that you don't *have* to care also!   
      
   > As it is, we are more like, oh, maybe Lady Ga Ga.  She made the records.   
   > We made our backings. She plays and uses them with some live stuff mixed   
   > in, maybe, sometimes.  We play live and generally, but don't always, mix   
   > in some backings.   
      
   Where's the Fun in that?   
   Love Vibes don't come from machines!   
      
   > People who like her don't care.  They came to see the freak show.   
      
   There will always be freaks for freak shows...but there Must be Honest Music   
   at Music  shows!!!   
      
   > People ( musicians ) who are envious of our gigs are the only ones who do   
   > care.  They want our gigs.   
      
   I'd NEVER want any part of playing any show where I'd be expected to use   
   Fakery!   
      
   > It's all the same.   
      
   I'm not the least bit interested in being in a dance band - Music deserves   
   much more than such triviality!   
      
   > If I were doing a concert, I wouldn't want to hold an instrument and   
   > pretend to play while the backings made the sound.  That would feel cheap   
   > and fake to me.  And, so, I guess I don't ever have to worry about being   
   > in Ga Ga' stage band :-)   
      
   Jim   
      
   You're starting to  sound like me ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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