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Yes they do, all the weird advertised, promotional and marked down merchandise. There's a really cool 4k video cam that I'm waiting to see marked down. It's $69.99. I'll buy if it gets down to $40.00 Blue

I love Aldi, a pint of blue berries for $1.29. And their house brand of batteries are really good. An 8 pack for $2.39. Blue

That's the approach I was going to suggest. Diplomacy usually works. Or they could have abruptly and without warning kicked the table and chairs out from under the couple. That works too. Blue

Nice pics! Blue

People can be weird. I had to stop by the Aldi grocery store to pick up 1 pack of AA batteries for my wireless transmitter. The couple in front of me had a cart full of groceries. It's customery in the States to let the guy with one item check out first. Not these people. I had to wait while they checked out what looked like a months food supply for a family of 6. And I was running late as it was. I really gave them the " stink eye" Blue

Where's the bar, is it the same room you played in? Blue

We also suffer from lack of practice. We gig at least once a week but that's not the same as a band rehearsal. I'm also rareley happy with my playing. Blue

Dave, I thought it was a bad move adding Rabbit to our last set. I couldn't have been more wrong. People go nuts for that song. The crowd always sings along and it seems like people of all ages know it. Blue

I have absolutely no say in the material we perform and prefer it that way. There are several songs we do that I personally don't care for. I put more effort into those songs than I do for the songs I love playing. We played " White Rabbit" last night with an extended free form intro and I had a blast with it. I say; " Always play the best bass you can and stay focused." Blue

I have the best of both worlds. We're a cover band, but we have 3 CDs of originals. However, I prefer performing covers and for me and what I do with bass lines it's very creatively fulfilling. Unfortunately if we were to play only originals we wouldn't be a thriving gigging band. I think originals are fine for those local unsigned bands that are not interested in the gigging part of playing. But let's not forget location. There are some regions in the States where originals bands have a lot of support and there's plentyof paid gigs for them.I can't speak for the UK. Blue

Again it's about location. Your in a good location. If my band we're to fold, it would be impossible to find another gigging band that makes money. Blue

Depends on location. There little to no gigs in Milwaukee for Originals bands and actually no paying gigs. Cover Bands, the label is too broad. There's the Bon Jovi " Living On Prayer and Journey "Don't Stop Believing" cover bands which is completely different than covering Howlin Wolf or Slim Harpo. Blue

We played the St. John's Church Festival last night. A very long 5:30-9:30. Tough gig, we're not a Church Festival band Other than a few high points, it wasn't a great gig, however we worked very hard. Those of you that gig with full sound and lights know what I mean. Blue

I think there are core issues in both camps. Originals Writing good material. Covers Having the production values and ability to deliver a high quality covers. Blue

I have 5 pairs of the pictured jeans and probably a dozen Black t shirts. I'm set. 😁 Blue

Athletic cut Black t shirts, jeans and colorful Nike's. No matter what you wear, how good do we look at 65? Blue

Unfortunately I don't have that option. Blue

Nice pics, looks like you had a nice size crowd. Blue

No, a few choice childhood friends. Blue

If the money is good I can deal with a##eholes. Blue

We did both at that age. At the time being in a band was the only way I could get sh@##ed. Blue

Did you have your " this band could potentially be a problem" meter on when you auditioned? Blue

Health and family, probably high up on the list of why we quit bands. Blue

Why If the gigs dried up and there was no plan to build up business. When I would never give notice until I had found a new working opportunity. How Diplomatically & fair Personality clashes, I make it a point to be nice to all band members. It's a business for me and I never get close with band members. For those of us that have been around for a few sunmers, we can usually detect potential personality conflicts at the audition stage of the game. Blue

I thought this might be an interesting discussion, quitting your band, why, when and how? Lot's of variables here, from location, age, type of band and level of play ( local, regional, international, signed unsigned) For the purpose of this discussion, I think it will be more relevant to keep it to the average guy playing pubs, local festivals and community events. What are some of the reasons you would quit, when you would quit and how you would tell the band. Blue