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C C Rider – Ma Rainey

Exactly. I know they need cash flow to keep on making a living, but IMO that's not the way to do it. I usually get the updates on the software I use, but they have a challenge to make the update worth the price. With a subscription, there is less incentive to improve the product. Also, I do a lot of MIDI work, creating styles for Band-in-a-Box, and creating backing tracks for my duo, The Sophisticats. I have an old copy of Master Tracks Pro. It's orphaned as it is no longer being produced. Microsoft bought the company for some video software they created to use in an early version of PowerPoint, and abandoned MTPro. I love MTPro because (1) it has great editing tools and (2) without audio bundled with the MIDI, it's very fast. There are menus but no sub-menus and no sub-sub-menues. Every edit is available with 2 mouse clicks or less, and with no hesitation. That way, I spend less time with the mouse in my hands, and more time with a musical instrument in my hands. The latest version I OWN is from the early 2000s. I do not lease or subscribe to any software at all. That's just me, YMMV. My saxophones, guitars, wind synths, flute, bass, keyboard, drum MIDI controllers, microphones, PA system, and all the software that allows me to make a living doing music and nothing but music is paid for. I have a saxophone that will be 100 years old in 2 years. I paid $50 for it from a widow, spent a few hundred getting it in playing condition, and other than normal maintenance (pads, corks, springs, etc., that eventually need replacement) and it's mine. It has the voice of an angel, and is worth much more than I paid for it decades ago. Owned, not leased, the monthly payments would have been astronomical by now. I do have some unavoidable subscriptions though, ISP, web host, telephone, and a one-at-a-time DVD subscription from Netflix. In the early days of leasing an automobile, by father-in-law, who was a traveling salesman, leased instead of buying. It ended up costing him much more money than buying a car, and when the lease was over, he had nothing to show for it, and nothing to trade in for a new vehicle. At the end, the leasing company charged him for every scratch on the car, every mile more than the allotment, and a bunch of picky charges, all designed to make sure he pays more. He said he would never lease another. That might be why leasing a car is no longer as hot as it once was.

Thanks, it's my favorite song by them. I'd love to cover it.

Little Red Rooster – Howlin' Wolf Willie Dixon wrote it, Wolf recorded it first, and many covers followed.

Justice is a dish best served cold because if it were served warm, it would be justwater.

Dixie Chicken – Little Feat

I avoid subscription plans unless (A) I truly need the service and (B) there isn't an alternative that I can buy and own. I make my living as a pro musician. When COVID came around, I was unemployed for 2 years. Thanks to me owning and not renting my gear and apps, I survived the drought, continued to make music, and didn't have to dip into my savings. My subscriptions: Web host, shopping cart, telephone, ISP, and one-disc-at-a-time Netflix. I own my synths, saxophones, guitars, software, house, and car. There is more than one right way, this is my way. Notes ♫

Especially his slide playing.

A cop just knocked on my door and told me that my dogs were chasing people on bikes. My dogs don't even own bikes…

We're learning this song for a regular customer who keeps asking for some Metallica. Mrs. Notes will sing it, and I'll substitute a sax solo for the guitar solo. I've never paid that much attention to Miley Cyrus as a singer, but she nails it on this show. I now have a different opinion of her skills.

The great Texas guitar player, Lonnie Mack had the first production V—serial number 5 and played it until he died.

Lucky Man – Emerson, Lake, & Palmer

I asked my date to meet me at the gym today. She didn't show up. That's when I knew we weren't gonna work out.

We Suck Young Blood – Radiohead

I'm glad I know sign language, it's pretty handy.

It was a great time to be a musician, when every hotel from a Holiday in and up, every decent restaurant, every singles bar, every adult lounge, and even the bowling alleys had live bands, 6 nights per week. Anyone halfway decent could get a gig. And with that work experience on stage, become an accomplished player. One of the band I was in for a few years started out adequate. We played a bowling alley in Ft. Lauderdale (Manor Lanes), a couple of dives, as we got better, bars on “The Strip”, oceanside in Fort Lauderdale, FL and bars in Miami like "The Peppermint Lounge". We had improved to being decent by then. A manager picked us up and we went on the road playing singles bars in college towns (this was before DJs). With all that experience we continued to improve, and eventually were the warm-up band for big stars, in concert, as they promoted their new albums. We were courted by a major label but were dropped when our manager and the label couldn't agree on money (it was a bad deal, but I still wish we would have taken it sometimes). It was quite a trip, but I don't think a 5-piece band today could get enough work. Bars now have open mic nights, DJs, karaoke, sports TV land, and there isn't the big demand for musicians that there used to be. I'm lucky, I'm gigging 15 times this month, and it's dead-slow season. Notes ♫

Teenage Lobotomy - Ramones

The missing 'link'?

When we toured Michigan, the Cereal Bowl, in Battle Creek was the only bowling alley we played. It was in the lounge, and it was huge. I tried googling it, but it's no longer there. It was the "in" spot for singles back then. That was long ago. ♪ Michigan seems like a dream to me now ♪ Notes ♫

The Work Song – Cannonball Adderly

Did you play in "The Cereal Bowl"?

How did I not know about this subtle and captivating piece of music? I must be living under a rock or something.

Is his name Richard? Willie?