penningtron wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:59 pm[...]it's more that.. is this what it takes to "keep audiences engaged" these days?

*promptly deletes Musicians Wanted write up*

Have to balk at the idea of musicians becoming ever-present "social media rockstars." Another race to the bottom, it seems.

Plus, the minutia of making/recording music, while not without intriguing elements, can become really mundane in the extreme. Like day-to-day details from one's family life.

penningtron wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:59 pm Heard a new-ish band I kind of liked so I checked out their IG page, to find appx. 4,000 pics/posts: everything from show footage, to gas station stops on tours, to pedal board shots, to recording/rehearsal shots, and so on. I don't hold anything against this particular band, it's more that.. is this what it takes to "keep audiences engaged" these days?

*promptly deletes Musicians Wanted write up*

I love being in a band, the making stuff, recording, playing live. All that is thee best and fun.

I hate everything else. I hate selling myself, I hate booking shows, I hate social media, I hate networking, all the stuff you are expected to do to operate as a band. I ALMOST understand why some bands have a manager/booking person, etc.

Today's april fool is having my bioclock wake me up at 4AM on a weekend.

Long weekend commencing. *opens beer and lights joint*

Happy Easter fellas.

Your foe list has been updated.

Dollar car rental. You suck.

iembalm wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:43 pm Dollar car rental. You suck.

This is the greatest Norm MacDonald joke he never wrote. You have completely done me in with it, and I thank you.

my dog got his head stuck in an empty paint can. saw the can waving around out of the corner of my eye then sprang into action to set him free...not sure how long he was in there. we had a good chuckle about it.

Everything and everyone has been pissing me off today. The Sun is too bright, people walk too goddamn slow, budtender at the hizzy was a snooty queen. Not digging Chicagoans - more than likely transplants - or celestial objects.

Have been in some combination of MIDI Wonderland and MIDI Purgatory since getting Arturia's latest soft-synths pack last week and trying to get everything up and running on a couple of platforms.

Have had a MIDI keyboard since 2017 but mostly used it for grace notes, and never got more than dilettantish with it aside from beat programming.

Now I feel a few weeks off from starting an electro-funk side project with my dog.