From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018041621273675559-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I'm in a sort of " cooling off " mode now.  After trying in every way I   
   > could imagine to get the band to back off the volume, I've given up.  Not   
   > that I'll play loud, but rather that I've quit trying to move the   
   > mountain.   
      
   I'll only crank up *slightly* if the band gets too loud, and that's only   
   enough to just barely hear myself. Beyond that, I'll just keep playing   
   without further increasing the volume as I struggle to hear   
   myself....something I'm all too used to...and when those in the audience say   
   they can't hear me, I'll be sure to refer them to the band to ask them why   
   they were playing at so loud a volume that I couldn't be heard.   
      
   > I simply won't crank the volume, as long as I have control.  If I lose   
   > control, I'll wear earplugs, and let somone else be responsible.   
      
   That's what I do - if I should find myself in that situation...but I much   
   prefer, and endeavor NOT to get into that situation in the first place!   
      
   > I was extremely upset. I was trying to move a mountain. It didn't want   
   > moved.  They like playing loud. They aren't pro's.   
      
   > Fine, I accept that.   
      
   They aren't mature either!   
      
   > There are people who aren't very good but who are trying. Then there are   
   > people who don't care. They won't get any better because they don't think   
   > they need to, they don't care.   There are endless psychological reasons   
   > why people are stubborn or egotistical or hard to work with. None of that   
   > matters.  What matters is they are, and I'm done.  Can't control them. Can   
   > control me.   
      
      
      
      
   Jim   
      
   You don't have to try to control them...that's THEIR JOB, and if they're   
   Mature, they'll DO IT, if not, BYE BYE!!!   
      
   Rather, it's more important to be able to sort out the various psychological   
   conditions so as to separate the proverbial "wheat" from the "chaff" ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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