Fan Compliments.... chime in fella's

[jim777]

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Fame would be nice, money would be cool, and free gear from endorsements would be awesome, but I never got any of that and always had a ball on stage anyway. I remember once about 10 years ago my wife yelling "Turn that shit DOWN!" in my direction at a bar gig in the Bronx when we were just tuning up, and it was pretty funny (then and now). The crowd certyainly liked it. I loved being onstage, it was an honor and a privilege to me. There's always been guys who were better than me, it ain't all that hard! But I always had fun. I thought we might have a little chance when we were opened for The Ramones back in the day (My baby she's a go-getter, she's a trendsetter, she's a bedwetter dahdahdahdah dahdahdahdah.. lol) but I never regretted a day or a chord or aack of recognition. Like I said, I always though it was an honor that people paid their hard earned money to see us, and I treated it with as much respect as I could muster, sober or mostly so. I wish to hell I was playing tonight!

[Boxcar Willie 84]

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I kind of had a moment like this a few weeks ago, when we opened for From Autumn to Ashes...I thought I played like shit, I couldn't hear anything from the monitors, blah balh blah. But then I said to myself, "Holy christ, 400 people just watched us open for one of the bands that changed my life." People say I'm good or whatever, I think I get more compliments from jumping off tables or risers during our sets but hey, as long as someone appreciates or enjoys what we do then it is icing on the cake. I'm just stoked to be playing live again and for people actually coming to hear songs that we write together.

[hippietim]

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You know, all you guys are starting to sound like a bunch of sissies. Who the fuck talks about "feelings" and stuff? Sheesh. Let me get you guys some tissues. Maybe a Meryl Streep video and a nice quilt to snuggle with.

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[horns666]

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That sounds pretty soothing Tim..I'll think I may take you up on that advice.. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Maybe watch some Oprah with the wife..

I've been way too moody lately ..probably PMSing

Time to take a Midol ..I got cramps.. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Wilma Z Bub

[jgcable]

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That sounds pretty soothing Tim..I'll think I may take you up on that advice.. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Maybe watch some Oprah with the wife..

I've been way too moody lately ..probably PMSing

Time to take a Midol ..I got cramps.. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Wilma Z Bub

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While we were setting up, I told the soundman that if anybody fukked with me or my guitar sound tonight I was gonna put my guitar down, find the fuckker, drag him outside and beat the snot out of him and then bang his girlfriend while whistling my best version of Love Her All I Can by KISS.... but thats just me... spreading the love. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[jim777]

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Maybe you need to form a fusion band, so you can play in front of hypercritical jazz fans? You may possibly need to step back and look at what's missing musically. Not for nothing, and certainly not to piss you off or anything, but what in God's name is a former 10 year old Julliard prodigy doing playing Kiss cover songs 30 years later? Might it be that your frustration is as much from doing I-IV-V 12 bar patterns gig after gig as not having gotten noticed for how well you do them? Maybe it's just not a challenge anymore, so the fun has gone and is now replaced by resentment. If it isn't a challenge, it's work. And if it hasn't been for for years...if the tubes in your heads are more important than the chord substitutions in the bridge... you may have hit the wall with what you've been doing. If that's the case you need to find a new direction and purpose; that wall ain't moving.

[RobRR]

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I dunno, Ive read a good amount of this thread. All I can say is, it would totally make my day if I got a compliment from a fan. To know that I made someone go "wow, that rocks" would be the ultimate compliment in my opinion.

[jgcable]

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Maybe you need to form a fusion band, so you can play in front of hypercritical jazz fans? You may possibly need to step back and look at what's missing musically. Not for nothing, and certainly not to piss you off or anything, but what in God's name is a former 10 year old Julliard prodigy doing playing Kiss cover songs 30 years later? Might it be that your frustration is as much from doing I-IV-V 12 bar patterns gig after gig as not having gotten noticed for how well you do them? Maybe it's just not a challenge anymore, so the fun has gone and is now replaced by resentment. If it isn't a challenge, it's work. And if it hasn't been for for years...if the tubes in your heads are more important than the chord substitutions in the bridge... you may have hit the wall with what you've been doing. If that's the case you need to find a new direction and purpose; that wall ain't moving.

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When I was around 13 years old and puberty started kicking in, for some crazy reason piano playing just wasn't cool anymore. I dropped it and picked up my first guitar. After my first power chord and the look on my 13 year old girlfriends face when I hit it... I WAS HOOKED. It was all about the chicks in the beginning.

[jim777]

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That's cool, and we can all relate. But what it seems to be about now is thinking the audience is filled with dopes. You need to get hooked again. Have you thought about getting a Stick?

[lerxstcat]

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Yeah, that's the ticket! Exchange the admiration of rock fans for the contempt of jazzers! That'd be a great weekend hobby, if you're into S&M that is! [img]/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[charvelguy]

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eh, just tattoo a offensive symbol on your head ala Charlie M, put a few safety pins in your body, puke on the crowd at your shows and write songs that slam the gov't...that way you don't have to worry about people liking you..you already have the F'em all & the boat/chariot you came in on attitude.

[Newc]

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When I was around 13 years old and puberty started kicking in, for some crazy reason piano playing just wasn't cool anymore. I dropped it and picked up my first guitar. After my first power chord and the look on my 13 year old girlfriends face when I hit it... I WAS HOOKED. It was all about the chicks in the beginning.

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Well, there's the problem - you fell for the old lie that sex is better than success [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img]
Just kiddin' [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

[jim777]

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Yeah, that's the ticket! Exchange the admiration of rock fans for the contempt of jazzers! That'd be a great weekend hobby, if you're into S&M that is! [img]/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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If you don't actually like the admiration of rock fans, what exactly are you giving up?

[Drsracing]

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New one from today

"Hey dumbass you're playing that wrong"

[Newc]

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Were you? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]