From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:29:12 -0500, Scott in Florida wrote:

> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:41:54 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:09:05 -0500, Scott in Florida wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:43:09 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:59:52 -0500, Scott in Florida wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:32:54 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:01:01 -0500, tak wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:pan.2009.12.31.18.26.04.784578(a)e86.GTS...
>>>>>>>> HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No political quips, no teasing. Hope you all have a happy and safe
>>>>>>>> New Year's Eve and day.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Same to you-- stick with White Rabbit-- no pink elephants, ya hear
>>>>>>
>>>>>>LOL! Nah, I'm a good boy. I had one beer (A local brew that was like
>>>>>>a Black And Tan all by itself), one 7&7, and 2 glasses of champagne.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Funny thing was, NO ONE in the band got as toasted as they usually
>>>>>>do! Go figure! And drinks were free all night long!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> How did the gig go????
>>>>
>>>>Feh. They never really advertised it, and it was SEVENTY BUCKS PER
>>>>PERSON (it did include an Open Bar...) but I think the price was too
>>>>high. There were about 40 people there. About half left about 20
>>>>minutes after midnight.
>>>>
>>>>They did like us though. I think if she had lowered the price there
>>>>would have been more people. We played with our usual excellence... ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you go to
>>>>http://www.thenagainband.com
>>>>you can hear some snips of songs we did "live" in a studio; meaning we
>>>>recorded them all at once, no tricks or overdubbing.
>>>>
>>>>Standard stuff. People around here like Classic rock and radio rock,
>>>>but we try to keep it 'off the beaten path' and serve up stuff other
>>>>bands don't play.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Damn, I really like that.
>>>
>>> Let me know when CDs are available!
>>>
>>> Are you on iTunes???
>>
>>Wow. Those were the songs we thought would go over the best. We have full
>>length versions of them, but we also changed personnel since then. We
>>fired the drummer, and picked up the REST of the other band I was in
>>(husband on drums, wife on guitar and vocals) so we want to do a new one
>>with the new line up and maybe a different studio. I was fixing this
>>woman's computer, and her husband brought me downstairs. He has a $30,000
>>Fender Stratocaster and the amp that came with it, and some other really
>>interesting pieces. He gave me a disc he made, and when I played it I
>>asked him if he recorded it in his basement (he has a small studio there)
>>and the quality was amazing, so we might go there for the next oone.
>>
>>When we get something good, I'll send a copy!
>>
>>
>>
> Please do.
>
> It is amazing the people you meet in a business like yours. Makes it all
> worthwhile (not counting the money you make)....

I'll be sure not to spend the $41.66 in one place (I mean, the place was
empty...)

But it's more than that. It's mostly fun. If I were in it for profit I'd
buy a bunch of sound gear and do that instead.