On (06 Sep 07) Shawn Highfield wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello Shawn,

 SH> > I've played my share of one man gigs and such.
 SH> > I wouldn't call it a profit. But it did help with bills some.

 SH>  That's the way we looked at it.  When our band was popular (Locally)
 SH> we could average a gig every 2 weeks, which in a town of only 150,000
 SH> isn't too bad!  The money we got from the bars / sales of cd's was
 SH> pooled and after our popularity waned (6 months or so) we had made
 SH> enough to pay for the equipment we
 SH> bought to record the CD. ;)

 SH>  Did my share of busking when I was much younger too, mostly in the
 SH> summer months while I was still in highschool, then later for spending
 SH> money.  If my hand could take it I'd do it again but the pain has
 SH> pretty much put my guitar playing on permanent hiatus.

I can still play. No better than I ever did, but no worse ... yet. I
just have little desire to go to the clubs and night places. Too many
times walking in and wondering if walking out would happen ... or how
much damage it would entail.

Sdrager,
Knarf


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