The only one

 

Hm, it seems that Chinese buyers are picking up land around this area.  I need to remind the locals that if I fail to build a house here for my wife, then I will be forced to move out of this village in order to be married.

Hi Grace!  Did you enjoy your 18th birthday?  I'm sure you did.  You seemed to be having trouble leaning back against Esther with that mini dress on.  It's fun to watch, though!  You're beautiful Grace, and I love you.  I suppose I have to give the Tedeschi Trucks band a listen.  People have been sending me some very long videos lately, and I had to watch them because they were important people.  But I will get back to the production of "Woo Hoo featuring Mary Unknown7" tonight inshaAllah.  I'm wrapping up the song "Gyrlie Roxtar" next.  You're a Gyrlie Roxtar, Grace!

Have you been to Graceland, Grace?  Who knew that Elvis would name his tomb after you.  Rock and Roll was all new back then, that's how Elvis got so huge.  What most interests me about Elvis was his diet.  The poor guy was so overworked.  And his dance on stage would have killed anyone.  There will only be one Elvis Presley.  Plenty of clones, though.

Eighteen

 

Happy Birthday, Grace!  Is your head hot today?  I thought this song and its driving video would suit the occasion, let the breeze cool you down.  Oh, kitty!  There's a light at the end of the tunnel!  Ah, but the journey is what makes the journey.  The light is yet another long road.  Pat Metheny uses flatwound strings.  Imagine that!  What kind of a person would do something like that?  Flatwound strings are mellower, but I prefer old strings.  The strings on my SG are 16 years old.  Almost as old as you!  But the best strings are old strings on an acoustic guitar, with some rust on it.

Looks like Jimmy Kimmel beat Jimmy Fallon!  People steal gigs all the time in showbiz.  Make sure you save your gig with Mary by not being absent.

Out of control

 

Hi Grace, what's up?  Not much going on here.  The weather is nice and cool, which is great.  I hate hot weather.  I'm just lying back, and taking it easy.

That's a fun gang, dancing to the music.  You're not the only ones dancing to the music.  It's a very large and strange machine that's out of control.  Chinese.

A local situation

 

Uh oh, Mary has chest congestion again.  It's only been a couple of weeks since she got over the last sickness.  I'm very upset with her, but what to do?  She's the chick singer.

Grace, please hang on tight to the streams you do with Mary.  If you have a show, wrap it up in time to get back and stream with Mary.  If you are on the road, then stream from your hotel room.  I'm sorry Honey, but you have to work.  Don't let anyone else take your gig.

Fretless bass

 

Hi Grace.  I was just listening to "Layla" this morning.  Congratulations, and I hope you enjoy your run of gigs with the Allmans.  I can't help but think that we can't save people, because they have their own reckoning with God.  God is the One Who saves.  All I can do is prepare for the return of Jesus Christ (peace be on him).

Fretless bass is a lot like slide guitar, but much more fun.  Remco Hendrix is an incredible bass player.  His right hand technique is unique and powerful, no other bassist sounds like him.  While other modern bassists insist on playing a million notes a minute, Remco focuses on groove.  He's going to be legendary when he gets away from the open strings, and goes for melodic progressions on the fretless bass.  I don't think he's too interested in playing live on stage, though.  Not everyone is hooked on the randomness of live venues.  Grace, I'm afraid you have to work.  God's orders.

Lady Di

 

Hi Grace!  Off to Floyd already?  That seems like a huge lineup.  Hopefully you don't have the 7 am slot.  

Always promote your music when you stream.  The UK should be the first country outside the US that you tour.  Specifically England and Scotland.  Mary Unknown7 has a large audience there.  You could probably borrow some songs from her set for Esther to sing in your band.  Sure, people might think she's Mary.  Wouldn't that be great?  Don't tell them that, though.  Study your venues thoroughly before you go.  Make sure you capture the Cocteau Twins fan base.

Princess Diana was well before your time, Grace.  You might not even know who she is, but she was huge during the 80s.  She was the Michael Jackson of the British royal family.  What do Princess Diana and Mary Unknown7 have in common?  Nothing really, other than a large wardrobe and a selfless work ethic.

Liz

 

Hi Gracie!  What are you talking about, Honey?  Tone is in the fingers.  You sound great straight into the amp.  Words don't come easy for you, I suppose.  You're great at guitar, though!  The more I watch you play, the more I realize how deep and sensitive you can get.  You're beautiful, and I love you.  I had a dream of you last night.  You were stretching your feet, preparing them for high heels.  That made me laugh.  You would never wear high heels!  Anyway, all business has its problems.  It's life.  Just deal with or go around them as they come along.  You're doing fine.

The late Queen Elizabeth II was a big fan of Mary Unknown7.  I can't prove it, though.  She was a woman of profound subtlety, especially later in her life.  I wish I could have met her.  She was by far, the prettiest British monarch.

Ghost city

 

Hi folks.  My name is Azham Abdullah, the Americans call me Zam.  I'm almost 59 years old.  I spent most of my youth as a musician in America, playing live with my band Shadowplay, writing and publishing music.  I have an independent approach to music business which in my case proved to be extremely dangerous.  But God saved my life, now my music business has also become service to Allah.  I moved to Malaysia where my enemies doubled, but God remained my friend.  That's how and where it occurred to me that it doesn't matter where in the world I am, people will come to the music.  I don't have to go to them.

Then Allah introduced me to Mary Unknown7, a spiritual singer.  I have Mary singing love songs stream all over the world, also I recite the Qur'an on the stream channel.  As I observed the impact of Mary's singing, I knew that the stream would be successful with or without a band to accompany her.  But why not have a band?  I plan to have live shows of the stream.  People will come here from all over the world to see Shadowplay live, inshaAllah.  My advice to the locals is to cope as best as they can with resources already available, and not to overbuild so this place doesn't turn into a ghost city when Mary and I die.

Mary and I have become old, and Mary has to use an avatar.  I am still unmarried.  My interest in Grace Bowers is as a wife.  When it becomes obvious that she has no interest in marrying me, then I will look elsewhere for a wife.

Sweet child

 

Hi Grace.  Jim?  I meant John, sorry about that.  Yes Grace suddenly you became a big shot US official, you better go out there and vote.  And if she had any smarts, she would use your song in her campaign.  Or she could just use Aerosmith "Dude (looks like a lady)".  By the way Honey, did you just make a political commitment with that song?

Right now, I am processing vocal tracks for "Woo Hoo featuring Mary Unknown7".  What I'm using for a virtual amp is the Line 6 Gear Box like in the video below, which I've had for 16 years now.  It isn't good enough, so I have to process it more.  The new Fender virtual amp looks pretty good, but I would rather have a real Fender tube amp.

Meat

 

Hi Grace.  You must have enjoyed your experience at Jim's studio.  It looks just like a studio, and it accommodates many people at once.  A nice big mixing board and racks of blinking lights is a must for young bands to have an immersive social experience.  And there are certainly bigger and flashier recording studios than that.  It's like a big buffet: there is only so much you can eat.

I don't have any attraction to big studios anymore.  It's a consequence of being kept isolated and destitute for so many years: I've become stuck in my ways, and I totally intend to keep this attitude about studio work until I die.  Should you go back to the big recording studios, Grace?  It's more important that you get the recording equipment and figure it out yourself.  You will find that music production is a lot like video production, except that you mostly use your 2 ears.  And Grace Bowers has magic ears.

That big grilled beef buffet in the video above isn't for me, even if it were halal.  I envy Argentina for being so plentiful in beef, but that restaurant in the video uses too much salt.  It's nice to indulge sometimes, but all that salt would ruin my meal.  I would rather spend the money on a nice cut of beef and cook it myself.

No sharing

 

Hi Grace.  Oh, I see the wolf took you to LA.  You know how the song goes, "No one can save me from the wolf, because I am the wolf".  Now that you're getting more popular, I want to remind you that you are MY girl.  Mine, mine, MINE.  No sharing.

Oh wait, that's a mountain lion, not a wolf.  No Honey, I don't have any other girl, only you.  No sharing.  Hang on to your heart, Grace.  Congratulations, and enjoy the ride.

Black hat

 

Hi Grace!  How are you feeling, my precious, beautiful darling?  Now, nobody said that you can't publish covers.  Just make sure you get the proper consent before you sell them.  Posting them on YouTube counts as selling them.  Don't forget that you are an official US Ambassador.  So please make sure you go by the book.  Don't release covers for sale until you get consent from the copyright owners!

That reminds me, my family is a black hat family.  So if you ever get around to wearing a cowboy hat, please make it black.

Is it excess?

 

Hi Grace!  You two are all dolled up, what's the occasion?  I heard your latest single, "Dance to the music".  Excellent production, very crisp and clean.  Much more energy than the original.  The drum beat change feels uncomfortable, though.  Overall, good work Honey!

What do you think of Yngwie's setup?  It's incredible how all those Marshall stacks dwarf that SVT!  Just one of those stacks would be excessive for my use, but I want one anyway.  The heads outnumber the cabinets, and that makes me think that most of the rig are dummies.  You can see there's only one microphone on the Marshalls.  What for?

Death of the flirt

 

Grace, you're so adorable.  I think I'm in love with you.  But YouTube isn't going to let you post that song on their site unless you prove that you have consent from the copyright owner.  Same goes with streaming it for profit, and with including it on your album.  I'm sure you've done the legal work but if you hadn't, then please just sell original music.  "Madam President" is original, right?  Release that.

It's a shame though, I would love to add it to my playlist.  Honey, I know you love those old songs but you're becoming too famous to publish versions of them without permission.  Also, it's unbecoming of a artist of your talent and intelligence to sell anything other than original music.  And there you go, the hardest and most rewarding work as a musician is to create music.  If you feel so compelled to put covers on your album, then ask the publishers for permission.  Then present that permission to platforms like YouTube.  Sure it's slow and tedious but again, there you go.

I need more Grace Bowers for my playlist.  I'm not interested in the skanky women that YouTube is trying to make me look at.  I might have to watch video game movies for relaxation.  Lara Croft is pretty voluptuous sometimes, but she's not real.  I saw that someone made a movie from "Shadow of the Tomb Raider", and it's only about 3 hours long plus it's in 4K resolution.  The story is kind of bleah, but it's something to veg out to while eating snacks.  The next Tomb Raider game is going to use the latest Unreal Engine, so it's going to look awesome.  When I can afford it inshaAllah, I will set up a team to use Unreal Engine for Mary's avatar.  Maybe those people are smart enough to hook it up to Second Life.  I wouldn't want to waste Mary's gigantic wardrobe.

Mundane

 

Hi Grace!  I watched your "Wine on Venus" live at the Brooklyn Bowl, 40 seconds after you posted it.  I was the 3rd view!  That was some show.  I'm looking forward to seeing you do some big headlining gigs.  I want to remind you that you are already where you are supposed to be, so there's no need to push push push all the time nor to be higher than everyone else, Madam President.  Just be cool, enjoy yourself and take it one day at a time.  Be mundane and hang on to your heart.  Make a cheeseburger!

I didn't have any burger buns, but I did score half a kilo of fresh oyster mushrooms at the market.  So pure white!  I sauteed them in the burger drippings then rolled out a tortilla.  You can see it in the photo below, I stacked the burger on the tortilla and was about to wrap it up then cook it.  No, it's not luxurious!  I didn't have any burger buns!

I picked another fruit from the young tree yesterday, the nangka.  It hadn't ripened on the tree yet, but a rupture appeared where the kernels expanded.  Bugs were interested in the wound, so I pulled it off the tree and sprayed pesticide onto it.  When I opened it up this morning, that part of the fruit was rotten of course.  But a seed inside was growing rapidly, so that part was rotten too.  Otherwise, more than half the fruit was able to be harvested.  Alhamdulillah.

Resonator

 

Hi Grace!  Nothing much going on over here, just keeping it mundane.  Colorado looks nice.  I'm love the mountains, much more than the tropics.  What a cute puppy!  It's laundry day, but I had to go to the market first.  My parents needed a couple of things, I got some produce for myself and some chicken gizzards and livers for my cats.  They love that stuff, they live for snacks.  Ah, the life of a pampered pussycat.  The biggest downer to their lives is that they have to be celibate.  Poor kitties!  Why must a kitty be celibate?  It's all their human's fault.  Birth control, plus they're all directly related.

I saw that resonator guitar on your couch, and suddenly I want one.  Something that's made entirely of metal, even the neck.  Right now I use a light glass slide because it matches my SG, I would need something heavier for a resonator.  I can't play slide guitar standing up anymore.  One day long ago I put the guitar on my lap to play slide, and I never got up since.  I don't play any slide guitar on the next album, though.  Right now folks, Mary is doing the vocal parts then I have one guitar part I need to do before I wrap this album up.  YouTube only wants video files, so it's probably going to be all text and a snapshot of Mary.  I can't produce video worth shit.  But I should have an .mp3 for you folks to download, inshaAllah.

Global blonde

 

Hiya Grace!  Crazy days, huh!  God plays us like pawns.  I see you're cranking up the followers.  I am very proud of you, Honey.  You have courage and social savvy.  Great timing too, with the reintroduction.  Don't you ever become a politician, though.  I told you this before, your place in the world is to play guitar.  Also don't forget this about expensive gifts: be sure you can afford the taxes before you accept them.

Asian girls are trying to look American.  I see this around me.  Not the Black or Hispanic Americans, but they're trying to be pretty blondes.  Why is that?  They don't quite pull it off, though.  Not even with AI.  I don't like tanned skin, by the way.  I like pale skin.  Please don't ever get a tan, Grace.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

58.  Say, "In the bounty of Allah and in God's mercy, in that let them rejoice": that is better than what they hoard.

Jonah 10:58

Sugar

 

Hi Grace!  How are you feeling?  What's for lunch?  You don't show the world what you eat.  I'll have you know that food and fashion businesses are big deal endorsements for our family.  You're going to get spied on anyway over these two things, so you might as well be obvious as to what you do about them.

I sure hope you're not a sugar addict.  Even though sugar is well known for its toxicity, but nowhere is it outlawed.  That's because it's too late humans, so die, die, DIE!!!  I don't consume much sugar.  I drink my coffee black no sugar, and my tea green no sugar.  I bought a kilo of sugar 3 months ago to cut my hot sauce with, I used 4 tablespoons and now it's sitting in the cooler otherwise the ants would claim it.  A kilo of sugar usually lasts me at least a year.  Sometimes I get the craving for sweet drinks, especially during the fasting month.  Then I drink the tea, and the craving goes away.  Occasionally I buy an ice cream bar.  This morning I bought a small pack of coffee candy, it should take me a month to finish it.  No, I don't have diabetes.  Alhamdulillah.  The rest of my family do, though.

Movie night

 

Hi Gorgeous Grace!  I saw your little journey, and I'm quite impressed.  You've come so far in such a short time.  Don't forget to be grateful to God.  Speaking of journeys, keep in your head that it's not easy to run away when you're in another country.  It's also easier to get into trouble, so when you do get into trouble, you can only fight or hide.  Please pray.  OK!

It's movie night again!  Please watch this movie.  "The Devil wears Prada" (2006).  You're not a fashionista, Grace.  You are a musician.  Countless girls all over the world devote themselves to fashion.  And when they work in the fashion industry, they have to look good all the time.  No wonder they can get so grumpy.  You need to study.  Get a subscription to Vogue.  I think it's only a buck for the first year if you ordered online.  Study the ads!

Want

 

That was nice of him to make those trophies for you, Grace.  Very creative, too.  I wouldn't have thought of that.  I don't have any trophies, I don't have any pictures on the walls, except for a calendar.  I don't have any mirrors either, except for one small one.  I don't really care about that stuff.

Anyway, I hope you are feeling good.  We can't always get what we want, but we can learn how to do with what we have.  That lady in the video has quite good taste in clothes but unfortunately, you need to have a certain body type to look good in them.

By the way Honey, that was a very solid blues solo you did at Bottlerock.  You are definitely accomplished in the blues, but it's not enough right?  Good thing about music, is that there is no limit to what you can do as long as you keep on doing.

Wah

 

Yeah, I went and listened to "Wine on Venus" like you told me to.  The point is Grace, that we don't want you to die.  We don't want you to drink that wine on Venus.  We are the people who love you, and we give what we have so you have a long, fulfilling life.  We do that for you while we are still alive.  Please care about us, and help us take care of you by you taking care of yourself.

Anyway, you didn't use your wah on your drone.  Here's another song that uses a single note drone.  On C, if I'm not mistaken.  Also if you wanted the celebrities to show up for your album release show then you should send them invitations, don't you agree?

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

129.  But if they turn away say, "Allah suffices me.  There is no god but God, on God is my trust, God the Lord of the Throne Supreme!"

The Repentance 9:129

Movie night

 

Hi Grace, how's it going.  Oh I'm just chilling, it's an easy and comfortable morning.  I have a fruit from the young tree, the nangka, the second fruit.  I had been watching this fruit and I was just about to pick it, when it dropped.  I thought I was right on time but when I opened it up just now, some of it was rotten.  It happened so fast!  And I had my eye on it, too.

Yes Honey, it is your responsibility to meet and greet the celebrities.  But when you want to move to LA it means you want to party with them, and partying is extremely dangerous.  There are a lot of evil people in the world, and they can be celebrities.  There are a lot of good people, too.  They will come to you, don't you realize who you are?  You don't need to be in LA to meet the big shots.  Given time Honey, they will want to party with you.  Partying is extremely dangerous, though.

It's movie night!  Please watch this movie.  "Mulholland Drive" (2001).  I don't know if your parents would approve of your watching this movie, but it is educational and you're almost 18.  Most people would regard this movie as surreal, but I say it's a very realistic portrayal of showbiz in LA.  It just needs more homeless people everywhere.  It also shows that there are so many lost souls among the rich and famous.  Supernatural!  This movie is a masterpiece.  So much wonderful detail.

Will she listen to me, folks?  I can't help nor protect her when she doesn't listen to me.  And she still doesn't have that NICE ring on her finger.  Your parents were very wise to move you to Nashville, Grace.  Don't move back to California.  You can gig there, but don't live there.  Fight evil from your home base in Nashville.

Blue sky at night

 

Hi Grace.  I looked at the images you put up of the Levitate festival.  Esi didn't go?  Congratulations on your album release show in LA.  Looks like a classy venue.  I don't see any homeless on the street.  Appearances can be deceiving, especially in LA.  I don't like LA.  Please don't move there.  If you wanted to challenge LA, do it from Nashville.  Nashville will love you for it.

Hey, check out the video above.  A meteor lit up the sky at night during a concert.  Was that really a Coldplay show?  "Viva la Vida" is a great song.

I am the drummer

 

Hiya Grace!  Hi, morning face.  I don't dare show my morning face to the crowd, because I'm not pretty like you.  Whose pants are those?  They look like they've been used to paint the house.  Probably your mother's.  You've been into the funk lately.  Which isn't a bad thing.  You have a great bassist, and Esi is the right singer for it.  The funk begins with the bass, so you must borrow your brother's bass and write from there, or write with your bass player.  You're becoming more and more jazz, though.  You're definitely straying away from the pentatonic scale.  I heard you solo over "Black Water", and you couldn't stay country.  You really are a guitar prodigy, with a genius ear.  Just don't do the same riffs over and over again OK!  I used to write a lot of funk bass, nowadays I'm into a different kind of groove.  Maybe I'll get back to the funk, but I have a backlog of stuff that needs to be published.  But yeah, get a funk drummer!  Simple and groovy.  Do you dance, Grace?  Wanna dance, Grace?  I have big and bad feet, but we can learn to dance with each other.

I can't be your drummer Honey, because I'm on the other side of the world!  Asia is where most of the people are.  I thought I would show you my drum set, though.  It's a great sounding kit, except for the cymbal.  I don't think I would ever give these drums up no matter how rich I may get.  I want Karen's old kit, though.  Or I will put up with a new set if I'm forced to.  I used to have a Slingerland kit which was also an antique.  I loved those drums.  Have you ever hugged a bass drum?  I should have taken photos of it.  Media is different today, you have all your memories on photo and video at the touch of your fingers.  I wouldn't want photographic evidence of my mistakes, who would?  I will try to help you minimize on mistakes while I'm around, Honey.  InshaAllah.  Hopefully you will listen to me.

The drummer

 

Oh Grace, I just noticed that you put your hand on Blinken's shoulder.  Buddies, huh!  He didn't know what to do with his hands, so he let them fall to his sides and stood there with a goofy grin on his face.  That's MY girl, folks!  She's got balls!

I've been meaning to ask you why you don't have a permanent drummer.  Do those guys want a salary or something?  Don't they realize how bad that looks?  Fucking sellouts.  But I suppose we can't all be ready to die for God or music.  People need to make a living.  You seem to me to have a more stable future as a musician than most others in Nashville, or maybe they just don't see it well enough to make a commitment.  Maybe it's a sexist thing.  Have you tried putting out an ad?  Maybe get a female drummer who's close to your age?  Maybe I don't have enough information, but it doesn't make sense to me that you don't have a permanent drummer.  Maybe you need more original music.

Here's an example of where the drummer totally pushes the band to higher ground.  It's the "My Generation" medley from The Who, Live at Leeds.  Keith Moon had his problems, but here is proof of how legendary he is.

More gain

 

Looking good, Grace!  That's a nice band photo.  I listen to "Wine on Venus" everyday lately.  I think you know that.  It's because I'm in love with Grace.  I can hear 3 stages of gain in the guitar solo, and you didn't bother with any fast picking.  It's a lovely song, Honey.  I would love to hear the whole album.  It sure seems that your music means something to me.  I could be your biggest fan, a bigger fan of yours than even your parents, if I weren't stuck here broke with tons of stuff to do.  Music is love.  Even with death metal (and what an uncomfortable love that is).

No, you don't need more gain.  Do you?  I estimate that it's about time that Grace Bowers clones begin to pop up.  You know what I mean, girls (and boys) who play guitar that look and sound like Grace Bowers.  What do you think of that, Honey?  Just regard it as another gain stage.

Ugh, I don't like this outfit!  I should have dumped it when I had the chance, but it didn't hit me until later.  Maybe it's the pose that does it wrong.

Work

 

Hiya Grace!  Oh, you look so cute in that video!  I think I'm in love with you.

Did you know that you are already where you are supposed to be?  So don't work too hard and give yourself a heart attack.  Make time to enjoy your life.  Pray.

Perfume

 

Happy 4th of July, Grace!  I expect you are working.  Please take the time to perform an inventory protocol every time you load and unload your vehicle.  Not only to make sure you have all your stuff, but also to see if anyone planted something like stolen goods or drugs.  Beware, some packages can be very small.  Yes Honey, being famous can really suck sometimes.  It's business as usual here for me.  I don't get days off.  Enjoy the fireworks, Honey!

Do you think Clarice should have worn perfume when she first met Hannibal?  Old men have souls like prisons.  Being incarcerated would have those men smell whatever it is they want to smell.  Dr. Lecter was probably being polite when he said he couldn't smell that.

When you are famous, people want to smell you more.

Oh, Karen!

 

Hiya Grace!  Congratulations on your spanking week.  I'm very proud of you!  Those boots don't match the suit, Honey.  Simple red pumps would work better, or the gold boots.  Sometimes I envy how rockin' your life is, but then I realize we both have so much work to do.  We are actually very weak, so God divided the load between us.  So learn to sleep on a chair when it gets busy.  I don't mean a car seat, but find a chair to sit on when you have a few minutes to spare, close your eyes and fall asleep.  Don't bother trying to fall asleep, but go straight into a dream.  You will find that that few minutes sleep will make a big difference in how you feel, and when they add up it makes it easier to get through the day, also easier on your heart.  Avoid medication unless absolutely necessary!  And please don't get any tattoos.  Ya Allah, please protect my Grace and her loved ones when she travels.

People really miss Karen Carpenter.  They miss her so much, that they weep when they think of her.  Mary Unknown7 is a channeler: she can channel the voices of the dead.  It is a genuine channeling, because only Allah can make the dead to speak.  It's been more than a week since Mary got sick.  It usually takes her about 2 weeks to recover from chest congestion.  She said that when she got sick, the only voices that didn't abandon her were Ella, Billie, Keely and Patsy.  Now all of them are gradually coming back except Karen.  Don't worry folks, Karen will be back soon inshaAllah.  Please be patient.

Big spider, little spider

 

So you met Slash at the Gibson Lounge.  We were just talking about signature SGs.  There's no such thing as coincidence, Grace.  I see you brought your '61 SG with the cosmetic tremolo.  That must be your signature guitar.  The woman with the hat standing behind Slash must be his wife or something.  She must be making sure that Slashy-Washy doesn't get too comfortable with the Teenage Heartbreaker.  Hm.  You're at that age where pheromones go wild.  You better start wearing perfume, Grace.  Lots of it.  Especially when meeting VIPs.  And what about that ring, Grace?  I notice he didn't invite you to jam with him.  He probably didn't want to be upstaged by a 17 year old girl.  Well you don't scare me, Grace Bowers!  I spent last night putting down guitar tracks.  It's frustrating to have to use a Belcat instead of a nice tube amp.  Again I'm expected to fight with a plastic spoon instead of a battleship.  But I must be patient.

When it comes to word of mouth, small talk is better than big talk.  Just like a small spider is cuter than a big spider.  There's a story of when prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) was on the run from a gang out to kill him.  He and a close friend hid in a cave.  Then a spider covered up the mouth of the cave with a web, and the gang passed it by.  It must have been a small spider.  Big spiders don't make webs.

That one gig

 

Hiya Grace!  It's July already.  What a fast year.  I hope you are enjoying stability, and lots of fun besides.

You know, life is an illusion.  We work hard, try to get noticed, accumulate stuff, then God will wipe everything out.  But we have to struggle to survive!  Same illusion, so what's the point.  The point is to earn a place in heaven, and that is the real struggle.

So reality is an illusion.  You play music to big crowds, meet the big shots, get the rave reviews, but you're actually playing music to only one man.  As for me, I play music to one man.  But I'm actually playing music to mankind, dead and alive.