Hi Donny,
Well, I played my first New Years Gig in more than 30 years last night. It was 1975 at a New Years gig that I "walked away" from it all. After playing just about every conceivable type of gig and surviving the drunks, the smoke, and the asshole public I just had enough.

Last night I took a gig that came my way from a guy who has a mother in a senior center I play regularly. He was hosting a private house party and it turned out to be the best thing I have done in months. Turns out the guy lives in one of the most expensive areas of Dallas and offered to pay me a ton of money to play the gig. After tips and payment I had a very good mid 4 figure night.

The house was really neat with a seperate wing dedicated to entertainment only - including a private entrance for guests. I played only 3 hours.

The real story though is my Bose L1. The room was not large so I had to tweak my Tyros 3 Eq settings and turn down the Bose to almost off. I had compliments all night long about how nice the music sounded - loud enough to be heard but not overbearing. This morning I got two calls from guests at the party and booked two more private house parties. Both people mentioned how much they appreciated the music and that it was not overbearing.

You know, there were times I wasn't sure the people(only about 20 of them) could even hear the music.

I guess you can say it was a successful night thanks to my Bose L1 system.

Hammer

[This message has been edited by hammer (edited 01-01-2009).]