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Post 1898, Day 205 of 2017
- 2,397 days since I started this blog -
- 2,397 days since I started this blog -
The Dalai Lama says, "If you have to choose between doing the right thing and the kind thing, do the kind thing. It will be the right thing."
I hope so. During a rehearsal for one of the performers at Reverend Ken's Summer of Love Fest, I tried to be kind. The performer was a singer and guitarist who had chosen the songs in her set almost three months ago.and she was unprepared. She needed music and chord charts to get through her songs. She was also inexperienced with playing with backup.
She was not professional - certainly not a problem, overall, but not consistent with the goal of entertaining a paying audience. From my point of view, her problem was a lack of guitar skills, that distracted her, taking away from her vocals.
I made suggestions. I coached rather than criticized. I did everything I could think of to be supportive.
The drummer, my friend Dan, told me I was "too nice" with her.
Good. I don't want her to feel bad. I want her to improve, and give a good performance at my show, to have a good time.
The next person rehearsing was, in fact, a singer-guitarist who is a gigging professional. He heard the last twenty minutes of her rehearsal, and, after, he offered to back her up, play her tunes on her set. I believe that would turn the whole thing around, making her performance better.
I think the more important point is that he made the offer in the same spirit as I had when I coached her.
If she accepts his help, her performance will be elevated, and excellent.
And a great example of 'doing the kind thing' working out.
I hope so. During a rehearsal for one of the performers at Reverend Ken's Summer of Love Fest, I tried to be kind. The performer was a singer and guitarist who had chosen the songs in her set almost three months ago.and she was unprepared. She needed music and chord charts to get through her songs. She was also inexperienced with playing with backup.
She was not professional - certainly not a problem, overall, but not consistent with the goal of entertaining a paying audience. From my point of view, her problem was a lack of guitar skills, that distracted her, taking away from her vocals.
I made suggestions. I coached rather than criticized. I did everything I could think of to be supportive.
The drummer, my friend Dan, told me I was "too nice" with her.
Good. I don't want her to feel bad. I want her to improve, and give a good performance at my show, to have a good time.
The next person rehearsing was, in fact, a singer-guitarist who is a gigging professional. He heard the last twenty minutes of her rehearsal, and, after, he offered to back her up, play her tunes on her set. I believe that would turn the whole thing around, making her performance better.
I think the more important point is that he made the offer in the same spirit as I had when I coached her.
If she accepts his help, her performance will be elevated, and excellent.
And a great example of 'doing the kind thing' working out.
Food and Diet
Today's Weight: 203.4 lbs.
Today's Weight: 203.4 lbs.
Previous Weight (7/21/17): 202.7 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: + 0.7 lbs.
Diet Comment
The best I can say for myself is that I didn't pay a heavy price for the weekend, although I sure didn't lose weight, either.
Food Log
Breakfast
5:25pm:
Lunch
10:00pm: A Quest bar.
Dinner
12:15am: Chopped salad with London broil, Spring Mix, spinach, red cabbage and creamy balsamic dressing; and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
5:25pm:
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| Omelet with peppers, onion, greens, chia seeds, hemp seeds and bacon. |
10:00pm: A Quest bar.
Dinner
12:15am: Chopped salad with London broil, Spring Mix, spinach, red cabbage and creamy balsamic dressing; and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 0 oz.; Tea: 0 oz.; Water: 100+ oz.;
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