From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018031823305351631-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I'll send you a pic of our bass guy's " other band " tomorrow.  See if you   
   > can spot the vocal monitors.   
      
   The monitors are being used only for vocals?   
      
   > I counted 4, maybe it was only 3, it's been a few days since the gig.   
   > Each was a 15 and a horn.  They had more speakers as monitors than they   
   > used for the main system.  And, just as a note, they measured 97 db,   
   > against the wall in the back of the room.  They did a quiet-ish first set   
   > and were just starting to crank it as we left at the beginning of their   
   > second set.  As far as I know, they got thru the gig fine.  Just skirting   
   > the " too loud " warnings.   
      
   While that level seems a bit 'quieter' than the usual, it's still too loud.   
      
   > I have two solo gigs this week, then a band job on the weekend.  Not   
   > particularly anxious over any of those.  For my own mental health, I've   
   > mostly stopped thinking about the band.  Can't get them to co-operate, so   
   > I've about quit trying.   
      
   I'd just tell them to cooperate or find an Immature band.   
      
   > Was thinking today about business people who start their own companies.   
   > That takes a certain type of person.  Risk taker, willing to do crazy   
   > things to get it all working.   
      
   Music entrepreneurs are a special kind of person, one who wants something   
   better than what's already out there.   
      
   > A common problem is, once a company is up and running, that same sort of   
   > person makes a poor CEO.  A running company needs planning and stability.   
   > This effect is a lot of why Steve Jobs got fired from Apple in the 80's.   
   > He didn't transition from a start up mentality to a stable company   
   > mindset. Later of course, he realized the issue and came back to Apple   
   > .....   
      
   Too bad no one bothered with how Not to Rip Off their customers though!   
      
   > That same sort of thing seems to happen to bands. When you start out,   
   > everyone is gung ho and working at it. Once you get a little success,   
   > people need to adjust to being reliable, and working together.  So many   
   > bands can't " handle success ", and this failure to transtion to new   
   > priorities is a lot of why.   
      
   They'd have to be reliable and cooperative to get started in the first   
   place, which means that they somehow forgot to continue that tradition,   
   including the tradition of constantly writing new songs...and they get into   
   partying and drug habits, because in effect what they'd be doing is slacking   
   off!   
      
   > My little band isn't making the transition well.  The more we work, the   
   > better the gigs, the more they seem to want to go back to how they worked   
   > when they were a crappy garage band.  We're having trouble transitioning   
   > to a real, reliable unit.   
      
   Depends entirely on their motives, aspirations, and direction(s) they'd like   
   to go.   
      
   > One evidence of this is the growing resistance to continuing to improve.   
   > In ears is a great example. It's nearly beyond belief that we've been over   
   > two years, and are still lugging wedges around.  That's just crazy.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   It's always possible that they actually want a LIMIT on their success,   
   because of their motives, which probably lack Any GOALS, which would be a   
   very good idea to talk about with them!   
      
   By sharp contrast, I have goals and all anyone has to do is ask me what they   
   are, and I'll tell them.   
   In other words, I'm Deliberately embarking on this Trip because  of Where I   
   Want to go and What I Want to Accomplish!   
   In still more other words, I have a Very Definite Reason for what I'm   
   planning on.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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