Ask and you get... What?

I play the guitar. Occasionally, I play at bars in Los Angeles. I have people who tell me how much they enjoy listening to me play the guitar at said bars in Los Angeles. Some of these people are my friends. When I have a gig at said bars in Los Angeles I send an email out to a large number of people, including my friends, letting them know I'll be playing at one of those bars in Los Angeles. You'd expect that I'd have people and/or friends showing up to said gig in said bar in Los Angeles. You, then, would be expecting wrong. And this goes for the friends too.

"And why do I write this?" you ask yourself - and if you didn't you are now asking yourself because I put the question in your head. The answer: I'm playing on Saturday. I need to get a group of people there so I am able to return and play again - the joys of playing in said bars in Los Angeles. Without a group larger than 3 in number I may not be playing for this particular promoter again, regardless of how talented he thinks I am. So I sent out an email stating this fact... nicely.

One would think I'd get responses of support. One would think.

Let's do a little math. When I send an email from the mailing list provider that I use a fair number can end up in people's spam or junk mail boxes. Fine. Then you get the number who look at the name, maybe recognize it, maybe not and don't read it. And then there are the people who read it and don't respond. Beyond that there are the people who read and respond. So out of, say - and I'm just coming up with a number off the top of my head - 702 people about 400 get the email and 200 live out of town. Let's say. This evening I received 25 emails all telling me the various reasons why my people, my friends cannot make it.

1st where are the other 175?

2nd what makes these people think I am going to feel better knowing they cannot make my gig because they are going to be on a boat in Alaska. That doesn't help. You know what would help - SEND A FRIEND IN YOUR PLACE. That'd help.

I just trying to play out. And what good is art if there is no one there to experience it. As I have told a number of people over the years - you can be the greeted actor in the world in your living room, but who cares. I can be the greatest guitarist in the world, but no one would know.

This isn't a pity party on me. Really, if you can't make it and you have a legitimate excuse - totally cool. But don't think that absolves you. Fill your house by sitting other people's houses. And, hell... I am pretty good.

So if you read this and you take offence, good. If you read this and think "I wonder what his music sounds like?" click HERE or HERE.

Or do the smart thing - come to the Pig N' Whistle on Saturday night at 8. That's this Saturday June 30th. I'd greatly appreciate it.

Oh - one more thing. A person close to me wrote in an email: "I know the right and perfect people are going to show up!!"

I really hope that wasn't a threat.

Something to look at

Now, I'm not a political minded person - not really anyway. And I cannot pretend to be the most informed person you'll ever meet. However, I do believe that there are things we should be aware of and I do believe that in the midst of the hell on earth that we could be moving quickly toward there is a possibility of change. Simple logic is irrefutable: in the end the simplest conclusion is most likely the correct conclusion. We're really good at fucking ourselves up with too much thought. well, here's something to look at and ponder. I've never been one of those people to jump on a bandwagon, but I think I can do my part by simply presenting what I find to be a very smartly laid out simple conclusion.

Watch. Think. Act or don't act - that is your prerogative. But don't idly sit by and complain unless you're willing to at least assume responsibility.




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