From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018040219405817266-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > so I'm sensing here you have nothing but disdain for working musicians ?   
      
   Not at all. And I prefer to think of them as *active*, as in performing   
   musicians, the presence or absence of Filthy Lucre notwithstanding.   
      
   When it's a labor of Love, I enjoy working, and I'll Never 'retire' from it   
   so long as I'm still breathing!   
   When I worked with loudspeakers, I Loved what I was doing so much I always   
   came in early, stayed late, and almost never bothered with lunch - I just   
   kept on working because I thoroughly enjoyed and was totally passionate   
   about what I was doing...and as awesome as that  was, it pales in comparison   
   to making Music, which is after all, making Love!!!   
      
   > you're right that some of the people I work with seem to care more about   
   > the money than the music.   
      
   The clowns I used to play with were like that. My Soulmate calls it "milking   
   the clock". They'd play the same Old, Stale, Boring Crap, and not very well.   
   Then they'd see how they could extend their breaks, then they kept   
   mentioning, almost counting down the minutes before the gig was over, they   
   could grab the Filthy Lucre, and run, because even they were that Bored,   
   only to do it again next week...DISGUSTING!!!   
      
   > I'd agree. If they could hear as well as they think they can, they'd never   
   > tolerate crazy loud levels.   
      
   The really big clues are when their playing Sucks because they can't hear   
   it.   
      
   > why do they do it then ?    I don't understand at all .....  seriously   
   > don't get it.  I've never wanted to fry my hearing.  It really doesn't   
   > make sense to me.  I can't relate to it at all.   
      
   They're Lazy, Phony, Stupid Bottom Feeder Low Life Losers who manage to   
   somehow convince themselves, i.e. LIE to themselves that they're 'rock   
   stars' because they go through *some* of the motions. That's why, and how   
   those FOOLS FOOL themselves into Pretending they're something they simply   
   aren't inclined to Invest the Required Time and Effort into becoming for   
   Real!   
      
   > So, why do they do it. Living some sort of rock and roll fantasy is the ,   
   > best I can figure.   
      
   Because they're Immature overgrown children for whom everything is a   
   fantasy...because they're Lazy and don't have the Maturity to put in the   
   Effort to turn their fantasies into reality...like by writing songs for only   
   one example.   
      
   They turn up their amps to deafness levels because it makes them feel that   
   they're accomplishing something (hearing loss) without investing any Serious   
   Effort...i.e. it's 'impressive' (annoying, painful, and dangerous), 'easy',   
   and they're LAZY!   
      
   > I didn't use to have a band .... maybe need to go back there   
      
   The important part is having the right persons, which is why I'm going with   
   a duo...but I do believe I can make it sound like a band ;)   
      
   > So that's the plan.  But there's more to it.  Procedures are in place to   
   > keep people like that away from the pilots.  There are probably even   
   > people who keep people away from big time performers .... they don't need   
   > or want random advice from random people.   
      
   That's why they usually have security personnel ;)   
      
   > They will.   
      
   If they can learn to live with doing things like they should be done, there   
   might just be some hope for them yet ;)   
      
   > Yep.   I can't control their desires, but I can control the pa in our   
   > band.   
      
   Jim   
      
   That's always a good start.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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