and now THAT'S not fun

    THURSDAY 9/5/19 7 AM--had practice last night with what has been my favorite ongoing Musical adventure...it was not an enjoyable experience...I'm not even in control of the arrangements of songs *I* sing...how fucked up is that? It's hard to be in a band with these guys...and NO that doesn't mean I'M the one with a problem...but I'll keep quiet; I need the money...
         And frankly, the weakest link in that band (IMO) is the guy at whose house we practice...and the rest of the guys flaunt their knowledge of Music theory, leaving me pretty much in semi-darkness...I guarantee that they think I'M the weakest link...maybe they're right...it's not fun; maybe it will be again at some point, but it's not now...
            Ray is on his way over to America...he'll be here in about a week...I suspect Dianne and I will attend one of the shows...I figure I'll be playing at one of the other shows as well...In addition, the ACME Band has what I think is a big deal of a gig in slightly less than two weeks...I assume we're gonna practice at least once before that...oddly enough, that situation, in spite of the potential for screw-ups, makes me feel better about myself...in other news, Lou played solo at Hershey's open mic last night...
                   There's an open mic at the GRAPE Escape tonight...I might go, but the host will want me to do something--play a song, or play Bass, or whatever...I'm not gonna bring my acoustic, but Pete is liable to let me use his...he has in the past...if I can't take a shower before this afternoon's Dr.'s appointment, surely, I'll be able to take one before going to the Kentlands...
 10:26PM--so I went to the open mic...I told Pete I didn't wanna do anything, and ultimately that's what I did...this time he didn't coerce me into performing...I got home at about 9:30 or so...
FRIDAY 9/6/19 9:31AM--not planning to go out tonight or tomorrow night...I don't thnk I have any band practices on Sunday, but I do believe I've got one on Monday...with the ACME Band Co., which means taking the keyboard and KB amp with me...I should start practicing the ACME keyboard songs, whatever they may be...that's what I'll be doing on Sunday...
           I'm not feeling like a Musician lately...I don't think any of my so called friends think of me as a photographer, except (maybe) Janet--and SHE'S a real photographer...Angela calls herself a photographer, but all I've seen are photos taken in clubs at various local bands' shows... I don't know to judge those photos--is it Art or photojournalism? Not that photojournalism is easy...if it was, everyone would do it, right?