Ok, you're making me think about it...
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So a curse upon thee. 
It's not that I wouldn't still love to perform in front of people... it's more this - the best example that comes to mind.
For me, in my band... it's alike a stand-up comedian who has been telling the same jokes for 40 years... the EXACT same jokes, same routine. I'm bored with it.... NOT the more general aspect of 'playing for people'... in THAT way I'm like you... wouldn't mind doing it forever more.
The guys I mentioned were like me in this way of thinking - and it's contradictory. We'd be happy to play in a garage BECAUSE there simply does not exist a demand for the type of band we'd want to be. That's true.... (here where I am anyway)... BUT
We think that's because they've never been exposed to it. We think it would sell if they actually experienced it. Start a set with, (and I'm just spit-balling here).... "Beyond The Sea" by Baby Darin followed by "Dirty Deeds by AC/DC" followed by "My Girl by the Temptations" followed by "Amarillo by George Strait" followed by "Take Five by Dave Brubeck"... you get the idea.
My current band members think this way: "The audience loves this song so we have to play it every gig for forever". Well, that's true to a point, they do love the song... but it's because they don't hear it often these days and it used to be a favorite of theirs". What they don't consider is that there are a million other songs that would work exactly like that... we'd get precisely the same reaction with another song AND we, the band members, wouldn't have to hear the same damn song every single gig for decades.
So my point is: It may not work... doesn't matter... we'd be having fun.
Truth is - some of the greatest times I've ever had were jam sessions... people you never played with before, or very little, and songs you've never played but know in your head like the back of your hand. Nothing like that feeling of 'surprise' and 'satisfaction' when suddenly, when you were least expecting it... it all comes together and comes off perfectly.
It's not that I wouldn't still love to perform in front of people... it's more this - the best example that comes to mind.
For me, in my band... it's alike a stand-up comedian who has been telling the same jokes for 40 years... the EXACT same jokes, same routine. I'm bored with it.... NOT the more general aspect of 'playing for people'... in THAT way I'm like you... wouldn't mind doing it forever more.
The guys I mentioned were like me in this way of thinking - and it's contradictory. We'd be happy to play in a garage BECAUSE there simply does not exist a demand for the type of band we'd want to be. That's true.... (here where I am anyway)... BUT
We think that's because they've never been exposed to it. We think it would sell if they actually experienced it. Start a set with, (and I'm just spit-balling here).... "Beyond The Sea" by Baby Darin followed by "Dirty Deeds by AC/DC" followed by "My Girl by the Temptations" followed by "Amarillo by George Strait" followed by "Take Five by Dave Brubeck"... you get the idea.
My current band members think this way: "The audience loves this song so we have to play it every gig for forever". Well, that's true to a point, they do love the song... but it's because they don't hear it often these days and it used to be a favorite of theirs". What they don't consider is that there are a million other songs that would work exactly like that... we'd get precisely the same reaction with another song AND we, the band members, wouldn't have to hear the same damn song every single gig for decades.
So my point is: It may not work... doesn't matter... we'd be having fun.
Truth is - some of the greatest times I've ever had were jam sessions... people you never played with before, or very little, and songs you've never played but know in your head like the back of your hand. Nothing like that feeling of 'surprise' and 'satisfaction' when suddenly, when you were least expecting it... it all comes together and comes off perfectly.
