Hello Richard!

Replying to a message of Richard Webb to Shawn Highfield:

 RW> then she started making serious noises so I backed away.  First, she
 RW> had a kid still of elementary school age, and i wasn't interested in
 RW> anything to do with raising kids. I was totally into the stereotype
 RW> musician's lifestyle at the time.

  I've been there and done that twice. :)  You'd think I'd have learned but
even now I haven't, and would probably re-live my youth one more time if
the right offer came around. ;)

 RW> My second wife sang with my band for awhile, but I don't mix romance
 RW> and professional music organizations anymore.  AS soon as I show up
 RW> and find that even the sound person is a musician's significant other
 RW> I cringe.

  I cringe on that as well.  Not to mention Andrea and I are currently in different
bands, but we still work together on our project when we get gigs.  (Basically
we just all show up at a show, play get paid and that's the extent of that band
now).

  She's younger then I am so is still convinced she can "make
it", where I've given
up and just want to play the odd show here and there now.  I can't take it as 
seriously due to horribile pain in my left hand now, so I pop my advil play the show
and then have a couple drinks afterwards to put the fire out.

 RW> I find either the musical activities get in the way of the love life,
 RW> or the love life does not good things to the musical organization. 

  Never does.  I've had my share of breakups because the band was more
important then the girl. :)

Shawn
Written on: Saturday, 11/24/2007, at 16:39:22

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