From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018040411163794196-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > a human tendency to become all " dig your heels in " stubborn over   
   > something.   
      
   Nevertheless, there has to be some reason(s) why.   
      
   > In ears come right to mind.   You can't imagine the resistance I'm getting   
   > over this.   Will it break the band up  ?  Probably.  Will it also end my   
   > duo ?  Just as likley.   
      
   You can't call someone stubborn if they can't stand having things stuck in   
   their ears for extended periods of time.   
      
   I've experienced IEMs and I really do like them...and particularly if used   
   with a mixer like the XR18, and its ability to be controlled remotely by   
   each musician, I'd Love to try them again.   
   But I've discovered, without any surprise, that I can only stand those   
   things in my ears for just so long before the discomfort starts driving me   
   crazy...which would definitely impair my ability to remain focused on   
   performing - maybe there is some brand which I can tolerate for extended   
   periods, at least I hope there is.   
      
   > And we don't even use IEMs with the duo, but the bad vibes are gonna carry   
   > over with band girl ... she's the one putting up most of the resistance   
   > with the band.   
      
   Could it be that she finds them uncomfortable also?   
      
   Given longer amounts of time, I even have problems with the extended use  of   
   over/around-the-ear headphones as well.   
   That's because of the atmospheric environment between them and my ears, i.e.   
   the temperature and humidity, combine to produce growing discomfort, and   
   that's a medical issue.   
      
   > Like layers of an onion.   
      
   > We solve some issue, and all that does is exposes another layer   
   > underneath.   
      
   I'm sure that discomfort from IEMs is a well known issue.   
      
   > Is it all just ego ?    Or some inate human characteristic of, once   
   > success is in sight, to start doing anything possible to mess it up ?   
      
   Perhaps with other issues but not with IEM discomfort.   
      
   > In US politics we have a two political party system.  Not by law, but   
   > that's just how it is. One party, the Republicans, are almost always the   
   > minority and are known for  " snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ".   
   > They fight some political battle, often for years, then when they have the   
   > power and votes to change policy, they blow it and lose.  It's an amazing   
   > thing.   
      
   It's a DISGUSTING thing, because it's Designed to facilitate Classic   
   Hegelian Dialectic Manipulation, where THESIS, i.e. 'republican' +   
   ANTITHESIS, i.e. 'democrat', = SYNTHESIS i.e. the MONSTER that continues to   
   Devour what precious little remains of our FREEDOM!!!   
   Personally, I'd like to see a constitutional amendment Prohibiting ANY kind   
   of 'political party', what the Founders Accurately identified as   
   FACTIONALISM...the  Dividing of our Country, that it may be more easily   
   CONQUERED!!!   
      
   > One of the big problems all our politicians ( both parties ) have with   
   > Trump is that he exposed this game. The real game.   
      
   That was easy to see long before Trump.   
      
   > And it was that BOTH national parties are really working together.   
      
   That's Precisely how a Hegelian Dialect works.   
      
   > One takes one side of an issues, and the other opposes.   
      
   Absolutely, Thesis plus (or versus) Antithesis.   
      
   > But their opposition is an illusion, a game. In reality they are both   
   > working to go the same place.   
      
   And That is the Intended Product, the Synthesis.   
      
   > If a policy is particularly unpopular with the votes, the minority party   
   > eventually builds enough support ot overturn whatever. Ah, but then, when   
   > crunch time comes, the minority party throws their voting away and loses.   
   > Always.  Inevitable.   
      
   But it's all an Illusion anyway.   
      
   > What purpose does this serve ?  It keeps people believing their votes (   
   > for their representitives ) count.   
      
   I learned a long time ago that the ONLY kind  of voting that truly works is   
   voting with one's feet!!!   
      
   > That game allows an elite minority to rule, but with the " cover " of   
   > democratic governance.  And biggest of all, it keeps just enough of the   
   > pretense that we have a two party system that a TRUE second political   
   > party can't get any traction.  Both parties are playing the voters for   
   > suckers.   
      
   Precisely, and the best mechanical model for the  Hegelian Dialectic is a   
   Hammer, and an Anvil.   
      
   The Hammer, which Strikes the Anvil, is the Thesis, the Anvil, which   
   resists, or 'opposes' the Hammer's Blows, is the Antithesis, and GUESS   
   what's between the Hammer and the Anvil, Literally being BEATEN into the   
   DESIRED SHAPE, the  Desired Synthesis???   
      
   > So, back to the band.  As we start to succeed, the stubborn kicks in.   
   > That implies that being successful isn't everyone's goal.  Being in a   
   > band, saying you're in a band, may be all some want.  Or being in a band   
   > that doesn't play much, just rehearses a lot ... maybe that's the goal.   
      
   Being successful is certainly my goal. Of course, that "successful" term has   
   to be determined in practical Individual terms...i.e., what it means to each   
   individual, which is why it's important to discuss these matters early on.   
   For myself, it means Originals, which is what Serious bands do in their   
   quest for success!!!   
      
   > Whatever it is, it's something.  Because fighting over getting our stage   
   > level to under 100 db just doesn't make any sense at all. Unless they're   
   > deaf.   
      
      
      
   Jim.   
      
   Under 100 dB? That's pretty cool!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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