the problems with the Acme Band according to me...

         THURSDAY 4/11/19 6:25AM--For starters, harmonies are nearly non-existent...I think both Lee(the girl singer) and Dave are aware of the concept of harmony; there were flashes of it last night...and Phil the Bass player throws 'em in every now and then...I threw in some in whatever song it was and suddenly there was 3-part harmony in the air...I think we can fix the harmony problem...Geoff occasionally noodles thru the vocals, I dunno why--but I don't like that...If I had the power to drop ONE song, from our repertoire it would be ROLLIN' IN THE DEEP...
           And Geoff, joined by Phil, tends to tease, er, somebody (Dave? me?) with bits and pieces of Grateful Dead songs...that has become rather annoying and it IS hard to NOT join in...it IS rather unprofessional I suppose...but it makes me wanna go to the Grateful Dead jam hosted by El Golfo every now and then--next Thursday for instance...Geoff goes, I suspect Phil does too...
        I'm planning to go see a band tomorrow night, even though there's a $10 cover charge...it's a trio...I have trouble understanding why a band would only have ONE guitarist...I think there should be either another guitarist and/or a keyboard player...As a guitarist, I couldn't be in a trio--my solo style has LOTSA space between the notes...in fact, I'm not sure even a Dead jam between me and Geoff would be a good idea...Garcia has been a big influence on my playing, that's especially true of Geoff...but I still plan on going, if/when it happens...
      9:03AM--I bought a mic clip when I bought the mic stand...it seemed to be a bad purchase...it was too loose to hold the mic in the position I needed it to be in...apparently, all it needed was a certain screw to be as tight as possible...I think it is now...at some point today, I need to re-pack the Mudd bag...I'm not sure if it's big enough to hold everything I need it to hold, it's all crammed in there now...it's a mess...and I may have added a screw driver or two to my equipment list...as far as I know, I won't need any of my electric stuff until April 27th, with the ACME Band...
9:26AM--like I told someone last night, it's tough being the new kid in school in his Senior year--I haven't had three years to make friends with anyone...and I suspect they're wary of me as well...of course, I've been feeling friendless lately anyhow...
5:18PM--I wanna go see a local band, I just haven't decided who where or when...I'm leaning toward seeing the Sandra Dean Band at the OTWC on Saturday...and it doesn't matter to me whether or not Stoney is in the Band...he's not in any of the pix I saw-- Jeff Karn is (surprise) but that's probably where I'm gonna go anyway...
5:52PM--saw a couple of vids featuring Scarlet Begoniaz, a female trio (?) that seemingly plays nothing but Dead songs...one of the women is Geoff's girlfriend or wife...IMO they're just ok...I refuse to believe that my ears are in any way broken...if my ears tell me a Musician or group is not all that good, I'll believe them...