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Don't get to hung up on crowd size. Sometime it's out of your control and not your fault. If the crowd is thin please don't let it effect your performance or attitude. Play your heart out. Blue

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Nice! I wish we could get some casino work. In the States casino gigs are suppose to be very good pay. Blue

Your right, I prefer to forget it. All 35 years of it. Blue

What Would NYE Be Like Without Maple Road? Ariba's 4753 N. 124th Street Butler WI 12/31 3:00-7:00 You know it's always a blast to spend an early NYE celebration with Maple Road. Get there early and get a table. We're looking forward to seeing all of you

New Year's Eve Gigs Any new exciting gigs tomorrow? Let's talk about it. Blue

Yeah, I'm a retired insurance guy, but that's far from my identity. Blue

Who Are You? Here's a little test. I'll start with myself. Let's say I made the news in some fashion. Which headline would I choose. "Blue, 65 year old bass player for rock band Maple Road was given the Good Humanitarian Award for his work with the homeless." " Blue, 65 year old Claims Adjuster for Southwestern Mutual was given the Good Samaritan Award for his work with the homeless." Me, I'd go with bass player. That's who I am. How about you, would you identify with your career/ job title or that your a bass player? Blue

I'd say you know what you want too. Sounds like a winning configuration to me. Blue

What Am I Looking For? Is this easy to define for most of you. For those looking for a band do you realistically & specifically know what your looking for? Blue

All this talk about Ringo and his drumming abilty really gets away from me. Anyone can be a good competent drummer. Ringo was first and foremost a Beatle. Being a Beatle was his job and nobody did or does it better than him. I say there's never too many hounors if you were a part of a band that changed the world for the better. Blue

To me over-boozing and drama at gigs is very dated. I like being in control, that's one of the things that drew me to the stage at an early age. Many of you know I don't drink alcohol haven't for many decades. For me if ,if you drink or are in any altered state, your really no longer in control. If you don't have your own reliable transportation in the States you really can't be in a working band. Blue

If you started at 14 your like many of us. It's in your blood. I like where your head's at. A 4 peice sounds ideal. I hope your up and running with a full gig schedule sooner than you think. Blue

One of my bullet points was " Who Am I" For some of you guys playing in a band is something you do. And for some of us playing in a band is who we are. Blue

The demanding day job has to first for most guys. I remember my days of leaving the office at 5:00 ducking into the bathroom to change into gig atire then driving straight to an 8:00- 12:00 gig. That's makes it an 8:00am- 12:00 midnight day. At 25 not at big deal. I was in my late 50s at that time. Blue

I wish we had some 3 and 4 gig weekends booked. My band has been on the scene for 12 years. We're a bar band and we get our share of major fairs and festivals, however were trying to up the profile of our gigs as well as our fee. We want to be consistent as a $200.00 a man act. Blue

I'm a "one band guy" always have been.One band with consistent bookings. It works for some, I don't know how I could be in 2 working bands without a lot of gigs conflicting with each other. I guess my needs are good people and bookings. Creativity and fun come naturally to me regardless of what genre I'm playing. Blue

Sounds like you know who you are and where your at in life to me. 33 with a family does not sound like prime years for committing a lot of time to a band. Blue

Nice! Blue

I've learned the hard way. For me, I must play with good people. Would you play Jason Isbell with a bunch of morons,? Probably not. Blue

That's realistic. If I wasn't retired the band thing would be extremely difficult for me. Again it's knowing where your at in life. I'm not going to chase an opportunity for a 23 year old at 65. Blue

Location Don't beat yourself up if your having trouble finding a band or even just guys to jam with. It's probably because you live in an area where those opportunities are unaccessible. Not your fault. Blue

Bravo! I think you hit every "red flag" for identifying "time wasters". Blue

Having a good time and having fun is a requirement in my band. It's really a given, why would you do this if you were having fun? My point was, and especially for newbies, watch out for the "we don't care about money" thing. It's not always a good attribute. Blue

This is why I pointed out "where are you at in life" Illness, young children, demanding traditional job. Is it realistic to even think about joining a band? If so, what kind? Blue