another gadget

      SATURDAY 2/29/2020 8:49 AM--I think Dianne will be on her way before 10 AM...shortly thereafter I'll nervously work with the digital recorder...I'm TRYING to be patient, really I am...I'm just gonna try a voice test,  maybe a minute or so of me rambling on about nothing...a surprise--the recorder can use the tripod I bought for my phone!
10:20 AM--played around with The ZOOM recorder...I was recording my voice when the clock rang at the top of the hour...the clock is about six feet away and the ZOOM picked it up quite well...I'm gonna do another test later, me and my acoustic, possibly in the living room...might even run a test from my bedroom just to hear the difference, assuming there will be one...
10:54 AM--the longer I play with the ZOOM, the more I learn...I'll take the Quick Guide to the gig hopefully, just in case...maybe on Monday I can figure out how to export a file to my laptop, specifically my iTunes Library...I THINK I need an Android cable, and I have at least one...I downloaded the complete manual, all 71 pages of it...
SUNDAY 3/1/2020 1:45 AM – the gig is over, we pretty much sucked for most of the night, except for Arch… I certainly sucked for most of the night, and Rick REALLY sucked...my first two attempts to record the band failed completely and the one recording that worked was not loud enough--I didn't have the recording level set high enough...
9:54 AM--at the gig, during a break, I was discussing recording on a laptop with Arch, our bass player for the night...he said I can record stuff on Audacity...it's NOT (IMO) so simple a child could do it, but an adult-with a lot of patience (uh oh) just might be able to get something accomplished...I THINK I can somehow plug my keyboard into the laptop...and it may even be possible to do all or most of the recording on the ZOOM doo-hickey and THEN feed it into Audacity...The ZOOM apparently can do a LOT more than it looks like it can do...I'll hopefully get seriously started tomorrow...do a single guitar, three part harmony thing...should probably get an AC adapter for the ZOOM...Litz should have it, they had the doo-hickey in the first place...overdubbing on the ZOOM seems deceptively easy--there must be more to it than what manual says...I'm anxious to get started (naturally) but I'm gonna try TRY to be patient...probably just do dialog overdubbing first...THAT should be interesting...
The overdubbing concept is do-able! it's important to keep the recording levels the same for each layer...I haven't quite decided what the best rec level is yet, but hopefully I will soon...again., I'm trying to be patient, but it ain't easy...I could possibly put down a guitar part now (the chorus to SUGAR MTN perhaps) and lay down the vocals later, as in tomorrow...then (I think) you feed it into Audacity then add the effects (reverb, etc.) there...we'll see...
I may have hit a major snag – – I think I just wiped Audacity off of my computer trying to get the latest version of it…I REALLY hope I’m wrong...I WANNA wait until tomorrow to find out for certain, but I probably won’t...

getting slightly better at the tech stuff

            THURSDAY 2/27/2020 9:30 AM--I was able to buy IT'S TOO LATE, run it thru Audacity, change the key to Fminor it and send it into my iTunes Library--rather quickly...I believe Stoney is wrong about the chord before the guitar solo...let's see if he argues with me...
   11:09 AM--went to Butch's, got my phone back...experimenting with one of Butch's mic stands, this way, if it doesn't work, I haven't spent any money...
5:31 PM--went to Litz, DIDN'T buy a mic stand yet...bought a compact amp stand...and a Zoom H1n Digital Recorder...I don't think I'm gonna try it out tonight, but who knows? UPDATE--I don't think I can record anything w/o an SD card, so I might be going to Best Buy, or Staples or wherever...Patience...
10PM-the worst 4th Thursday *I* have ever been a part of...Just about Everyone who has taken the stage has sucked...some more than others, but still...and not just the guests...the new amp stand seems to be working fine though...I will check it out thoroughly sometime Friday morning or afternoon...
FRIDAY 2:33 AM--the open mic got more enjoyable as the night wore on...I did much better as a harmony singer than I did as a guitarist--until Andrew took the stage...he likes to play the blues...so we did...I did pretty dammed good at that point IMO...I was gonna record some of our set with my phone, but I'm glad we didn't...after I digest the sandwich I just had, I'll go to bed--well, take a long nap...
12:22 PM--so I got an SD card...what I DON'T yet know is: what's the software for and which one of my two choices is for a PC? I found out once; I shoulda made a Note of that...
12:39 PM--I'm trying to put the doo-hickey aside for an undetermined length of time...probably until tomorrow when Dianne goes out, for however long she'll be gone...I don't think ya need the software unless yer gonna do some major manipulation/editing...UPDATE--still have the impression that I don't need software to do what *I* wanna do...

the inevitable "discussion"

         MONDAY 2/24/2020 4:30 PM--I've got ten songs to learn by Thursday 8:30 PM--I wonder how much effort the other members of the FHB are putting into learning the guest singers' songs...
         TUESDAY 2/25/2020 10:11 AM--I've started working on the open mic material...I don't yet see any problems, but I'm sure they'll turn up eventually...I've got today a little time, tomorrow even more and Thursday as well...I'm not yet worried...
10:55 PM--the Combustibles had a rehearsal, with yet another Bass player...He is allegedly a multi-instrumentalist...I don't think he's in a band permanently, he's just a "gun for hire"...I could be wrong about that though...he was pretty damn good IMO...Barry was apparently quite impressed...I can only imagine what Arch thought of us...*I* think we absolutely sucked--and that includes me...
      But now I must turn my attention to the FHB and the 4th Thursday open mic at the OTWC...we have practice tomorrow...the weather for tomorrow evening may be positively dreadful...and then there's the Combustibles gig on Saturday...I dunno how much money I'll make, but I'm hoping for at least $100 for both gigs...I don't like being forced into being a roadie at the end of the night on those 4th Thursdays...
      And I no longer enjoy backing up a bunch of amateurs and wanna-be singers, and whatever Arlene is...but that's what I get paid to do...oh well...
3:47 PM--and I wish certain band members weren't so concerned about playing songs EXACTLY like the records...we don't play anything exactly like the records anyway, but some people seem to want to...would the audience care that much?*I* don't think so...an anal retentive Musician might...

the weakest link

      SATURDAY 2/22/2020 2:06AM--The FHB made their debut at Hershey's last night...I'd give us (maybe) a 7 on a scale of 10...Generally, the audience seemed to love us...my original plan to shoot video suddenly became a plan to make an audio recording...ultimately I did neither...somebody was shooting what seemed to be to be LOTS of video...I wonder where it will eventually go...
              I told Lou I was coming to Damascus for the acoustic open mic...now I don't see that happening...I hope he won't be disappointed...
8:30 AM--I think everybody made at least a couple of mistakes...There was even a false start or two...I don't think I made any major boo-boos...I would give myself (factoring in my vocals) an 8 outta 10...Butch, on the other hand, was plenty bad IMO...wrong chords, hesitant vocals...maybe it was the alcohol, or the likelihood that he sometimes couldn't hear himself over ME...whatever..
     Not really looking forward to the critique e-mail from Stoney or Barnaby...I guess we didn't seem to have our act together when it came to the time between songs...I reluctantly admit that...Barry showed up, that was a surprise..Angela did not; that wasn't a surprise...I believe Brian's wife took more than a little video, and both Sue and Arlene took photos...
  As for going out tonight, it ain't gonna happen, because of my condition and Dianne's desire that I not go out...
SUNDAY 2/23/2020 10:35 AM--today and tomorrow are (musically) days of rest and then on Tuesday it's back on the treadmill...
 Soon I'll start working on the 4th Thursday guest material, maybe starting tomorrow...I dunno who's doing what songs...that's guests and the FHB...
8:05 PM-well it took a day or two but the other members of the FHB have aired their grievances…nobody in the band is happy...Butch was fairly apologetic, but whether  any of us are going to change our ways remains to be seen…
Now I kind of regret answering the email...I’m sure there will be repercussions, I just don’t know when they’re going to show up in my mailbox…or who the e-mails will be from...

a minor miracle

          WEDNESDAY 2/19/2020 12:48 PM--both of my electric guitars have new strings on them...the "lab work" will likely be done on Friday...
3:44 PM--thirty minutes ago, after some manual stretching, I tuned both electrics, with my Boss tuner app...I just use it to get as close as possible until I plug into a real tuner...the ME-70 has one...my EARS tell me the guitars are in tune...it makes me feel good to know that...
THURSDAY 2/20/2020 9:38 AM--I kinda wanna go to the OTWC tonight, but (in no particular order) I should save my energy for tomorrow and I should support Dianne this evening when the contractor gets here...
 8:40 PM--the contractor got here just before 7 and left just before 8...I gotta start thinking about tomorrow...
10:05 PM--this may be a bad time to start thinking about my "to do" list for tomorrow, but that's what my brain wants to do...I think the "lab" will open at 10 AM...whatever I'm gonna do, I hope to be done by 11:30 or so...
FRIDAY 2/21/2020 8:28 AM--in about an hour or so, I'll unpack the amp and paisley bag...I just hope I can do what I wanna do--whatever that may be...
10:28 AM--it took about 45 minutes but patches 1-1, 2-1, and 3-1 sound the same, to me anyway...and Manual Mode 3 (the BCB harmony patch) is a bit louder than it was before...I think I can close the Lab for the time being...
2:45PM-So here I am at Hershey’s about 15 minutes early… That’s no big deal to me; I’m nervous about the gig, I’m even nervous about the load in…It’s a VERY small stage...
3:45PM-I’ll be lucky if I get back home by 5:30...
4:15 PM-I don’t have to be back here until 7:30 at the earliest; we don’t start until 9 o’clock...
8:15 PM-well, whatever’s going to happen is going to happen between now and midnight…

getting better ?

    SUNDAY 2/16/2020 7:58 AM-I got in a teeny bit of practice this morning already… I need to start packing up and cleaning up around here before I go back to Gaithersburg... In addition to my suitcase and my bag of dirty clothes I have the guitar amp, the paisley bag and Butterscotch to worry about… That feels like a a lot to me...I DO wish it was a bit warmer outside, cold weather is not good for the equipment...
      7:38 PM--I think I wanna bring the amp inside, although there's hardly any place for it in the living room..I need to do a lotta LOTTA work in the basement...it sounds crazy, but I have the desire to start now...I won't of course, but if I can get my ass in gear in the morning, I'll get started... Of course, I DO need to save my energy for band practice…
MONDAY 2/17/2020 11:05 PM--band practice went well enough, kinda...got another one in about 14 hours, with Ken & Luisa--why? I dunno...maybe it will get cancelled...as far as *I* know we have no drummer and no bass player...
TUESDAY 2/18/2020 Reverbs practice may have gotten cancelled--*I* cancelled it...I told a half-truth...I told Ken that a plumber was coming later today...The Truth is he (they) came on Sunday...and yes, I feel guilty about lying to Ken...
10:02 AM--I put new strings on "eBay" this morning and I might do the same for Butterscotch after my (likely) nap...As I understand it, the FHB setlist has been revised...I haven't gotten the revised version yet...changing MY copy of the set list should be easy...
10:50 PM--to my surprise, I DON'T have a new set of strings for Butterscotch...so I'll take care of that one tomorrow, assuming my SSA check comes in overnight...I suppose I could go to Bank to get the money, but (hopefully) waiting one more day might not make a difference...
4:08 PM--Barnaby sent the guitar tracks from last night's practice performance of CROCODILE ROCK...with headphones, I'm on one side, Butch is on the other...Butch must have been somewhere else in his head, playing a different song entirely...it was the worst I've ever heard him play, and that's saying something...
9:12 PM--apparently, with regard to the ME-70, I can have a rotary sound OR two-part harmony, but I can't have both...kinda glad I didn't waste time finding that out the hard way...
Nobody in the FHB mentioned that the two tones weren't combined, like on the original recording of  BABY COME BACK...if they aren't upset about it, then I'll try not to be...but I still have some work to do on the ME-70...one of the "clean" patches (2-1) doesn't seem to be as loud as the other one (1-1) so I need to fix that...maybe I can just copy 1-1 and replace the current 2-1 patch...I guess that's all the "lab work" I'm gonna do...I think the harmony patch I use for BCB needs to be a teeny bit louder...

Feels like pressure to me

I

              THURSDAY 2/13/2020 9:30 AM--as far as I know, the FHB is practicing this evening...it will be innaresting I bet...there may be some heated discussion...
3:47 PM--the theme for the next 4th Thursday open mic is "time"...I think I might pick YESTERDAY...While I would like to do my "Neil Young" arrangement, I'll likely have to settle for the Beatles' Tokyo arrangement, and even THAT might cause trouble...
        10:15 PM-Practice itself went well enough I suppose… Getting there was a fucking disaster; somehow I got lost between Linda’s and Butch’s house...not lost as in “I don’t know where I am”, but more like I’m not where I think I am/wanna be...I blame my night vision, which is bad and getting worse...and I must also fault Google Maps-for the second time in recent weeks/months it has failed me… But ultimately, I made it to Butch’s house he paid me half of the asking price ($100) for the wireless and will pay me the other half after the gig…after which I had a shot of whiskey--because I didn't have any Xanax...it calmed me down...
2:30AM-just managed to pull off what I feel is a major technical achievement… From my phone I composed a Google document and printed it… It’s the complete set of lyrics to BABY COME BACK… I do very much need help getting the structure down and maybe there’s room for the chords as well...
2:50AM-actually, there wasn’t room for chord symbols so I went back in and changed the font size and printed another copy… I’ve then scanned THAT copy, and now I have two larger font size and one original font size copy of the lyrics... I suppose the toughest part of the job was finding the paper, but I did…
         Boy, Linda’s printer is super fast; at least when compared to the printer that Dianne has... Excited though I may be, I’m going to try to go back to sleep until seven o’clock or so...
FRIDAY 2/14/2020 8:47 AM--I don't believe it...in about 20 minutes (as opposed to 60) I bought a song from Apple, fed it into Audacity, changed the key AND tempo and put it in my iTunes Library...wow...
11:35AM--slowly but surely getting the guitar solo in JUST WHAT I NEEDED (in D) and the parts to BABY COME BACK (with a capo) here in G-burg...I've got "eBay" here, but the amp is in Rockville...Dunno when I'm gonna work on this stuff over the weekend--Dianne wants to keep busy...
4:45 PM-here in Rockville, on my smart phone, I’ve cooked up the set list for next weeks FHB gig at Hershey’s… Dianne and I are going out tomorrow night for dinner and to see the band $.49 Cent Dress,  who’s female singer is a friend of Dianne’s...
7:48 PM-in the past I haven’t taken any kind of criticism very well...but for whatever reason the criticism I get from my bandmates doesn’t bother me as much as it could...mostly I suppose because most of it is justified...could it be that I’m leaving the wintertime depression behind, if only temporarily...
SATURDAY 2/15/2020 11:07 AM-actually did some guitar practice this morning...it was almost fun; I hope to do more tomorrow...I guess it depends on what else is going on in Gburg... I didn’t use the amp or the gizmo, I just sat on the sofa watching TV, playing an unplugged electric guitar...

back into the time machine

     
           SUNDAY 2/9/2020 7:30 PM--I got a Reverbs song list from Ken...I don't like the Excel format, but that's what he used to construct it...Dianne helped me, cause I really didn't wanna copy 134 (!) songs by hand and then into Word or Google Docs...I think I know about 130 of them...I guess I'll go thru the list to see how many songs I DON'T know...I'm supposed to go to Ken & Luisa's on Tuesday at one o'clock...I wonder if they've found some more Musicians...Guitar and keys and a female vocalist does not a band make...
             I dunno what the FHB is doing this week...I anticipate practice on Wednesday, but I haven't heard anything yet...The Hershey's debut gig is almost two weeks away...Lou wants me to come to Damascus on Thursday...undecided about it at this point...
9:31PM-it still bothers me that I’m reading about all these great bands out there on FB and I’m not in any of them... I’m just hoping that the Full House Band will start gigging a little more often… But considering how busy some of the other members of the band are already I don’t see the FHB getting much busier than we are now...Two or three gigs per month? Probably never gonna happen...
2/10/2020 10 AM--The FHB is practicing on Thursday I think...so I won't be going to Damascus to sing with Lou...
7:13 PM--the Reverbs' practice has again been canceled...and I've again been invited to K&L's karaoke show...who knows? I might go...
8:05 PM-oddly enough I’m happier knowing practice has been cancelled...don’t know why exactly although it’s true that I’m usually rather tired or sleepy at that time of day but I’ve made it through the one rehearsal we have had...
10:10 PM--I KNEW it would happen...I just volunteered to stay with the Combustibles until possibly the 1st of May...because I'm not an asshole/scumbag/jerk...
TUESDAY 2/11/2020 9:03 AM--it seems likely that I'll be staying with the Combustibles after all...again, I have to try to remember that idea that "the audience decides" what's "good" and what's "bad"...and (the hard part) I have to ignore any deficiencies that *I* feel ANY of the Musicians I work with have...Barry has 'em, Rick REALLY has 'em...most of ACME has 'em...and yes *I* have one or two...impatience is both of them...
WEDNESDAY 2/12/2020 9:32AM--according to the recordings made at practice, the FHB sucks too...that's a shock...the weakest link being (IMO) Butch--maybe...
8:45PM-seemingly Barnaby looks to Stoney to solve any Musical questions-like “what are the chords to the chorus of crocodile rock?” I’m 98% sure *I* know what they are... I suspect tomorrow’s rehearsal is going to be very interesting, if it ends up happening…

the moment of truth

        FRIDAY 2/7/2020 9:15 AM--the amp is plugged in and turned on...I'm letting it warm up for 20 minutes or so...as far as *I* can tell, the tubes survived the jolt they got last Wednesday (?) after band practice...9:44 AM--amp still works, even the reverb!!!
12:05 PM--did about 30 minutes of practice, more or less...I think IF I'm not nervous, I'll be ok on the keys...some songs will come off better than others, naturally...
6:34PM-The opening act, if you want to call it that doesn’t finish until 7 o’clock… So here I am at 6:30 – waiting… And I don’t yet have a legal parking space; construction in this shopping complex is still making a mess of things…6:42PM-got the best space...Dave kept anyone else from taking it…I just took the Xanax...the load-in can officially start in about 15 minutes…
SATURDAY 2/8/2020 12:30 AM--(sigh) *I* thought we were pretty bad...the audience seemed to like us...there were at least three serious Musicians in the audience--Stoney, Tom Blood, and Greg Marsh...they paid me a number of compliments, about my singing as well as my instrumental work...of course I don't know if they meant it, but I don't much care...my keyboard playing was (at most) a 7 on a scale of 10...I couldn't always hear it...we skipped a song I was worried about and I suddenly decided to play guitar on TWILIGHT TIME instead of keys...my lead singing wasn't too bad either IMO...oh well, I came home $75 dollars richer...of course my ears are ringing more than a little...the next Musical event I know of is a Reverbs rehearsal on Tuesday afternoon...

on a journey thru the past

     WEDNESDAY 2/5/2020 1:48 PM--gotta put the LCB Memory Lane trip on hold...gotta start thinking about that other letter group--the FHB...but first, it's nap time...
4:28 PM--I should get on with the dishes, then MAYBE I can go thru the paisley bag--pretty sure Steven the Bass Player has my brand new guitar cable...I'm not 100% sure it was an accident...another trip to Litz, while the cleaning ladies are here I guess...UPDATE--found the cable! and RICK'S tablet holder...
   5:05 PM--DON'T STOP is coming along...TWILIGHT TIME? meh...but there's always tomorrow, right?
10:46 PM--I hate admitting when I'm wrong, but I was wrong about the FHB learning BABY COME BACK...the miracle is that I found a way to play BOTH harmony parts to the guitar hook, using the ME-70...the miracle is that it took maybe five minutes to go from "how in the Hell is this gonna happen" to "hey! I think I've got it!"...my band mates didn't seem to be impressed...The harmonies to PANAMA RED took longer to come together than they should have IMO...I'm not 100% satisfied with 'em, but it's not my song to sing...
           Allegedly, they feel that if the audience is happy, that's what matters most...they can and do ignore what their ears tell them...I'm having a very hard time learning how to do that...but now I must focus on the ACME gig...I've only got two days to get ready...I think DON'T STOP will be ok, SHADOWS too...TWILIGHT TIME? rather iffy at this point...I dunno if the audience will notice any boo-boos, I'm not sure that Lee will notice any either--and SHE should...as for AT LAST, I think I'm gonna simplify it...again, the audience probably won't notice/care...Lee might, but I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't...
THURSDAY 2/6/2020 9:36 AM--ACME songs improving, I'm not worried...I'll practice more later...
5:02 PM--I keep forgetting that no matter how good my keyboard playing might be, that won't change the whole band...hopefully, I'll be able to devote more time to practice tomorrow...I don't think I have anything else going on...
5:52 PM--except to check my amp to make sure it still works...I hit one of the speed bumps near Butch's house pretty hard; it was dark and rainy and I didn't see it coming...talk about a lesson in patience...I won't know until after Dianne leaves for work Friday morning, at about eight o'clock...which feels like a LONG time to me...I think I have a Plan B should the worst case scenario play itself out...
        I really don't wanna buy a new amp if I don't have to, as exciting as the idea feels...the going rate for what I would buy is about $600...

gonna have to wait...

                TUESDAY 2/4/2020 8:47 AM--I'll have to wait until I hear from The SSA before I can get those LCB video cassettes transferred...that is, I think it would be financially wise to wait...Those four Xanax I took last night are still affecting me...I DO wanna get some practice in before Lunch...we'll see...
             10:18 AM--got a bit of practice in earlier...BELIEVING is getting better,  SHADOWS too...and suddenly I know what to do about ROLLIN' IN THE DEEP...in the chorus there's a staccato piano part...I would say there are only four or five songs that I need to work on...I don't foresee any major problems...
            10:43AM--I don't know what the FHB is working on tonight; maybe I'll find out sometime today...then I'll go back to working on the ACME stuff...After my nap I might/should practice some more...
3:48 PM--I got a good nap...I think that's leftovers from the Xanax, in fact, I'd bet on it...I would add TWILIGHT TIME to the list of ACME songs that are NOT a piece of cake...but that one's gonna get better too..I may or may not be done practicing the ACME stuff for the day...
5:30 PM--somewhat suddenly, I gotta put the ACME Band aside for a day and concentrate on the FHB...the LCB Reunion discussion seems to be (for now) on hold...
6:25 PM--I found and went thru my photo albums...found one photo I can use-- a photo of Kenny...but I also found a container of photos, which I'll go thru tomorrow...unless I work on it tonight, perhaps while watching STAR TREK...or after, there's more room on the kitchen table than anywhere else that I know of...
10 PM--trying to wind down, but I kinda wanna go thru Dianne's photo albums...gonna try to wait until tomorrow...she probably has way more LCB pix than I have...

suddenly I don't like busy

 
      SUNDAY 2/2/2020 5:33PM--I guess I'd better start practicing the keyboard for the ACME gig next Friday...as far as I know, we won't be rehearsing for it...I'm pretty sure it wouldn't make a difference either way...until I get the set list, I'll just check an older one...The FHB is scheduled to practice on Wednesday, for the Hershey's debut, on February 21st I think...
10:39 PM--Got the set list for the ACME gig on 2/7 at Lahinch...I DO need to work on the Pat Benatar songs the most...
MONDAY 2/3/2020 11:44 AM--still (I think) recovering from Saturday's gig with Barry et al...not yet looking forward to Friday's gig with ACME...they (we?) are not very good, for more than one reason...Geoff might be the weakest link in the band, but the other links are pretty weak as well--IMO...as I've said before, I don't mind (too much) thinking that the band is not very good, but it really bothers me to think that no one else in the Band feels that way...I have no idea what Lee thinks...maybe she doesn't care either way...for instance, I wonder how she feels about Geoff's Grateful Dead obsession...it could be that she doesn't listen to his playing, or just doesn't care...THAT is frustrating too...
4:08 PM--I think if I practice the ACME songs a little every day I'll be OK by Friday...DON'T STOP BELIEVING is coming along, slowly but surely...it's true I only worked on that one song, but still...it may be the toughest KB song I have to play with ACME...I'll try to get in some AM practice as well...
6:25 PM--there sure is a lotta LCB talk going on on Flakebook...I've got stuff going on before March 21st that requires my full attention...

it should be obvious

              SATURDAY 2/1/2020 5:35 PM--at this point it may be obvious--I've been in the Combustibles mostly for whatever money I make gigging with them...this is also true of the ACME Band Company...Stu Judd & The Snowdawgz are generally more competent and therefore more fun...but I'm not sure that band still exists...or maybe Stu has replaced me with a Republican...
               I still can't grasp that whole "if the audience likes it, don't worry" concept...Not at all sure who's playing Bass tonight (Steven?) and as good as the drummer might be, *I* haven't heard it yet...I'll just grit my teeth and keep playing, right?
SUNDAY 2/2/2020 2:09 AM--just got home from Arlington...struggled a bit with the sound I was getting, but my playing was pretty good, some of the Time...the drummer was a bit louder on his own drums, but the tempos were (IMO) a tad slow on at least some of the stuff...I also wrestled with the ME 70 a bit...We got a request for some Pink Floyd and responded with ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL part 2...I very nearly nailed the solo, but Rick very nearly ruined the song by trying to add harmonies (!) for some reason...I brought up the question of would I stay if RICK was gone? I said I wouldn't, but now that I've had time to think about it--maybe I WOULD...
     I forgot my tablet (AARRRRGGGGHH!) but made it thru both THE BREAKUP SONG and YOU MAY BE RIGHT w/o it...I might have made it thru MOONDANCE had we gotten to that, but I don't think I would have been as lucky had we played COME TOGETHER...
           There wasn't all that much of a turnout, maybe because of the weather...I should see the $80 on Wednesday...I waited too long to eat the M&Ms--my energy level felt like it was at zero when we started the last set...