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Shades of Spinal Tap, billed second under the puppet show...picturing the ladies hoofing it around the stage, then changing costumes and coming back for more is killing me. Tying this thread into the tempo discussion...I once brought my guitar to my girlfriend's office party, as she worked with a number of musicians. There was a guy with a looper (DL4, maybe), and he had laid down this funky groove to which everyone was contributing, a bunch of hand drums, bass, guitars, etc. Trouble is, it was a four-bar pattern and the loop cut the fourth bar just one tiny hair too short. So people could just about get into it before having to recalibrate one's internal metronome. Everyone but me was drunk enough that they stuck with it anyway, not quite able to figure out why there was a hiccup in the pulse every eight seconds but too addled to really care. The other partygoers were trying to dance, having a great time and shouting encouragement, so this horrible three-legged beast of a jam just kept staggering along for an incalculable eternity until the plug was literally and mercifully pulled by a wayward dancer. so please, remember that even though you can play a rhythm and have the machine repeat it, by god, make sure that the machine groove divided by yours leaves no remainder. (is that the word? I was always terrible at math...) Daryl Shawn www.swanwelder.com www.chinapaintingmusic.com >> But it gets more ludicrous. After we get off the stage, we discover >> what is lined up for the other performing acts. Totally crazy...5 old >> blue hair women and a man who are dancing and singing on the state to >> pre-recorded music. I mean, this is freakin' hilarious, everything >> from the Charleston to clog dancing. And it's the same damn >> performers each time...they just changed into different costumes in >> their tent and played musical chairs.