MOTM

A word from what we call the "informal economy." 

My 3-4 gigs a week have fallen to 1, and thats drawing half the crowd it was 
before 9-11.  Recording sessions are postponed. And Im lucky, guys playing 
5-6 nights a week are happy when they get to play one and at least I have 
something of a day-job. Tours have been cancelled for many.  Not sure if this 
is going to affect release of CD in January 2002 (recorded long before I 
owned MOTM, unfourtunately), but is likely to affect European work 
anticipated for 1st quarter of 2002. Wedding guys havn't lost much, but I 
don't play weddings (Time to get a new tux and learn some Destiny's Child 
tunes..shuddering). Sitting on about $1250 of mid/late-90s sound modules I 
had intended to sell as the deals set to move them have been on hold since 
retail of used equipment has been damaged. Obviously this is aggrevated by 
living a mile or two from ground zero, but everyone is optimistic that gigs 
will pick up again. 

Apparently, though, liquor stores around here have done better buisiness 
since 9-11 than all of last Xmas season. 

"super case" on hold, at least I did get a SKB pop-up mixer case...which has 
all the problems I was anticipating. A microVCO, an SEM and ladder filter, 
and an 830 will make me very happy...heck when I can afford an 830 it will 
make me happy again. 

At least I have my MOTM to play with, though I don't think the neighbors 
appreciated the loud noise/explosion sounds. (Like I care)

And to quote "Airplane"....I picked the wrong month to stop smoking 
cigaretts. 

Rob