On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 04:09 PM,
elhardt@... wrote:
> OK, this is what I don't get. Why does somebody spend hours everyday
> for weeks
> on end practicing material that's already been recorded (just buy the
> CD) and
> is not conducive to live performance anyway, and then go through the
> major
> hassle of lugging heavy and expensive equipment around the country to
> play in
> some dive for a handful of disinterested people? I can't think of a
> more
> unproductive use of one's life. Better to spend that time and energy
> on the
> next album.
Probably for a similar reason to somebody who spends hours everyday for
weeks on end trying to emulate acoustic instruments when he could
easily get someone to perform his music on the original instruments
(and spend that time and energy on the next composition.) :-)
As a friend in New York says when things seem difficult, "It's all part
of the fun."
Kudos to Robert Rich for making the effort to do it live and in person.
> People, I'll never understand them.
Nobody will ever understand all of them.
> -Elhardt
nathan