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Yeah I get it. Our drummer uses a riser which puts his crash cymbal directly at my ear level. Especially unfavorable in small venues where our 9 pc band is crowded on top of each other!

Learning a new song: Me: 3 chord blues in A. . . Lead Guitarist: What are the other two?

That overlaps with another whole category "Endless Guitar Solos"; also capable of driving one nuts. . . e.g. Freebird,, Comfortably Numb to name a couple

My interpretation is that the cows were jamming until the farmer showed up. Then they hurriedly returned to their positions as being cows so as not to be caught jamming.

So this is about the poor sap who fell off the cruise ship in the gulf last week. After being rescued, he was interviewed and asked how he stayed conscious and survived in the water for 10 hours, he replied that he would sing to himself. What he sang, with modified lyrics, was "(I wish I was) Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay . . . . unbeliveable!

After playing with a band for nearly two years, I reluctantly had to resign. Musically the band was one of the best of my career. And the bandmates, save one, were great talented guys and easy to work with. When I auditioned I made it clear I had other obligations. Family of course, and also another band that gigged only about 10 times each year. I could only commit to 2 to 3 additional gigs per month. I was assured that would not be a problem. As time went on, the BL/rhythm guitar (who had some big balls calling himself a musician!) began a campaign to prove how good he was at landing gigs. Before long he was booking 2 to 3 gigs per week. Some of which I was unavailable. For that, I got "Fine! We're going without you." The rest of the band was not necessarily in favor of that but went along for the money. Had no choice but to resign. Did I give a reasonable notice? Not a chance! You can play without me!

Major vendors, GC, Sweetwater, has been showing backordered for months and still are. I reserved a copy in February and finally cancelled in July and settled for the CP8. Where did you order them from?

I pre-ordered one of the backordered QSC powered speaker series, the K8.2 from Musician's Friend. Backordered 'til May, then June, now July. So I canceled the MF order yesterday and almost ordered the CP8 from MF instead, until despite the delivery of one week indicated on the web site, the rep I was chatting with said delivery would be end of June. Meantime I checked delivery of a CP8 from SameDayMusic. 2 day Free shipping. I placed the order with SDM. As with many of my previous SDM orders it will arrive the next day, today. Their warehouse is in NJ and I am in CT making the one day turnaround possible. So now the question is will I be satisfied with the performance? Well I have 45 days to figure that out. I have 3 gigs over the next 2 weeks with 2 different bands, two of which are outdoors. So that should be enough to make an assessment.

I found them a while ago. Truly amazing! Often sounding even more like the bands they were covering!

Thanks guys for all the suggestions! After reading them, particularly the bass response, I am still debating which direction to take. Luckily a bandmate has a couple of K82s we use for vocal monitors. Best way to test is a live gig. So maybe we'll swap my K12 for one of his K8s for a night to see if that is what I am looking for. If so, I may contact you Scott. However I think I want just one and not the pair. I am in CT, but on the other side near RI border. It's about a 2 hr drive to NY border.

Hi, I would like to downgrade (for weight sake) from a K12 to K8.2. Being very satisfied with the 12, the QSC is a natural choice for me. Of course none are available anywhere due to pandemic/supply chain/paused manufacturing, etc. . . So I am debating waiting it out or accepting a comparable substitute. Suggestions? Thx!

Regarding the popularization of the Hammond, the list should also include Greg Allman and Jon Lord

Well, as a last resort maybe for solo keyboardists, there's the transpose button. If not appropriate, then how about this? Sure, he/she can sit in. We rehearse on Wednesday's. Send him/her down for a test run. . . .

Ditto! (Except for the guitar and bass.)

I tend to follow what I call the "chameleon effect" to blend in with environment: i.e. the rest of the band and the venue. In one of my bands, the leader requested all wear Hawai'ian shirts. (if you didn't own one, one would be provided). This is a 60's 70's band mostly outdoor gigs for fundraising and the like. The other band is more of a club band where the level of fashion is commensurate with the club. Typically all black or "designer shirts" (i.e. for lack of a better term, those that are not "button down office shirts")