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What are you listening to?

i've always loved the lyrics in this Rolling Stones classic.
Your mother she's an heiress
Owns a block in Saint John's Wood
Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge anymore
Mainly because it's about places in London that I know.

 
I'm randomly listening to the duplicate folder of tunes I put on my phone. Just under 4k tunes that I like. A select few from the 40's, some from the 50's, with the majority 60's through 80's favorites. Currently The Raven by Alan Parsons Project.
 
"She" is not real, there is no singer - it's a computer, "her" concerts sell out, "she" has a huge fan base, and they all know all the words.

Amazing.

 
The fan base / unity boggles my mind. I admire the tech in the act but it would be difficult for me to be a groupie. My father would have preferred being worked over with a big stick vs attending any of the rock group's concerts I attended. Times change.
 
I couldn't be a groupie. I've been an on-stage musician since I was a child. I've shared the stage with stars of the day, and was almost a recording star myself (manager and Motown couldn't agree on money).

Before the term groupie came into my awareness, the young women who seemed to be sexually attracted to the young men in the band were referred to as "Band-Aides".

My first pro gig was when I was in Jr. High School. I was in the school band program and after school I was in a rock band. We were terrible, but so was everyone else back then.

We got a gig, playing at a Jr. High dance.

There I was, on stage, with my best friends at the time, doing our best to copy the hits of the day, and looking at the audience, to my surprise, I noticed that cute girl who didn't even acknowledge my existence in English class, was 'making eyes' at me. And at the end of the night, they paid me money!!!

That's when I decided, "this is what I want to do for the rest of my life."

Thank you to all the Band-Aides I've spent time with, and 44 years ago, I met my dream girl and to this day we are gigging http://www.s-cats.com and making beautiful music together.
 
I hit your page up a few weeks back... when I was talking class reunion. You have a very diverse and impressive repertoire and your repeat gigs speaks volumes. I've always admired your music knowledge but your page enlightened me. Isn't it great to do something you love, make an impression on others, not to mention the satisfaction of entertaining, and get paid for doing it?

I spent my entire life building cabinets. A humble craft that one had to be clever to make a living doing. It brought great satisfaction knowing I constructed another's vision and created a useful structure from wood that will be in use and admired after I'm gone. A man should love his work if he is to enjoy success. Our occupations are on different ends of the spectrum but it is obvious that you love your work. We share that fulfillment. We are fortunate.
 
We have much in common, olbriar. Doing something we love and being able to make a living at it IMO is leading a charmed life.

Some people say "I have to go to work today", and I say "I GET to go to work today". My regular audience members are like extended family to me. I give them joy and they return it as well.

I'm old enough to retire, but I don't want to. Why give up the fun?

We tell people we charge money to move the instruments and PA system around, and we play for free.

Speaking of class reunions. I played in bands for school dances when I was in high school. For the school's 50th reunion, they hired Mrs. Notes and I to play for the dance. A few old friends showed up.

Just livin' the dream.
 
Mrs. Notes and I visited China in the mid 1990s. We usually travel independently, but not being able to read the bus/train schedules or the road signs, We opted for a 3-week tour. Starting with the Great Wall and Beijing and meandering down to Hong Kong (while it was still U.K. but almost back to P.R.C.). Flew back from H.K.

Thankfully, the tour gave us a lot of free time in the evenings to explore cities. We went to a nightclub, didn't understand a word of what was going on. It seemed to be a variety show with some audience participation contests and music. A female erhu player played so passionately it brought tears to our eyes.

I found the Chinese people to be very warm and friendly, Mrs. Notes studied Mandarin for a year before we went so she could talk "Baby Talk" Chinese, and after that, hand signals did the rest.

When seeing the Terra Cotta Warriors in Xi'an the Chinese people wanted to hear us read the English descriptive signs, and they in turn read the Mandarin to us.

The food was tasty, we found music frequently, very different and very interesting. We would bring a business card from the hotel we were staying at, and showing that to the cab driver would get us back to the hotel when we needed to get back.

I have fond memories of China.

Notes ♫
 
Notes_Norton said:
I couldn't be a groupie. I've been an on-stage musician since I was a child. I've shared the stage with stars of the day, and was almost a recording star myself (manager and Motown couldn't agree on money).

Before the term groupie came into my awareness, the young women who seemed to be sexually attracted to the young men in the band were referred to as "Band-Aides".

My first pro gig was when I was in Jr. High School. I was in the school band program and after school I was in a rock band. We were terrible, but so was everyone else back then.

We got a gig, playing at a Jr. High dance.

There I was, on stage, with my best friends at the time, doing our best to copy the hits of the day, and looking at the audience, to my surprise, I noticed that cute girl who didn't even acknowledge my existence in English class, was 'making eyes' at me. And at the end of the night, they paid me money!!!

That's when I decided, "this is what I want to do for the rest of my life."

Thank you to all the Band-Aides I've spent time with, and 44 years ago, I met my dream girl and to this day we are gigging http://www.s-cats.com and making beautiful music together.
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Wow Notes you have an amazing staff working wonders on your page :)
 
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