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   Message 944 of 1,456   
   Ouisie to JimD   
   Re: big crisis   
   05 Mar 18 15:52:24   
   
   From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018030513300919225-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > yep, it's not like I don't have enough reasons to just have a heart attack   
   > and drop over dead ...   
      
      
   > We need a pic and a bio for that fall bluegrass festival.  Plan was, send   
   > a pic from a similar festival we did last fall.  Nope.   Turns out that   
   > pic is from a newspaper and ... copyrighted.  We can't use it.  It's of   
   > us, but it doesn't belong to us.   
      
   Did you sign some kind of release?   
      
   > Next available time to get a pic of everyone is friday.  Maybe I'll live   
   > that long :-)   
      
   It's not all that bad, is it?   
      
   > Also, called band girl.  She's got a sinus infection. Went to hospital a   
   > few days back, got treated and pills.  Well, she sounds awful to me.   
   > Three jobs, three days in a row in four days from now, counting today as   
   > 1.    Yikes.    This is where having a bare minimum lineup is a problem.   
   > So called our other guy.   Normally wouldn't have taken him. Is he   
   > available ?   Yes, at least for the first job.  Maybe she'll be fine in a   
   > few days. Maybe not.  Calling him takes some of the vocal load off me. And   
   > it puts another body onstage as a diversion, if she's not feeling all   
   > cheerie.   
      
   What a time for such things to happen.   
      
      
   > Ahhhhh .... bands .......   
      
   They can work sometimes ;)   
      
   > This brings back the in ear issue.  Extra guy doesn't have any. I do have   
   > a spare set of in ears, but not a wireless pak for them. Do I want those   
   > broken from a stomped on, tripped over, opps sorry .... cable accident ?   
   > No.  Not really.   So we'll cobb together some sort of floor wedge for   
   > him.   
      
   Why does it have to be extremes? Either plug-in (the ears that is) monitors,   
   or some monster wedge...what about those totally cool small powerful   
   monitors that clip to a mic stand?   
      
   > sheesh ...   at least the new lights look nice.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   Yeah, lights make Christmas trees look nice too...but what do they do for   
   the Music?   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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