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I posted this link a while ago to some small interest and wondered if a more direct subject line (as above) would help attract Deadheads-for whom these songs are primarily intended....though obviously I hope they may be enjoyed by all...

http://www.myspace.com/dcmuir

All the best to you and yours!!

Yup, not all of the old members are around anymore-notably John Law and JJ. I went to the gig last night and it was fun-quite a packed house and a variety of musicians.....I am reminded why I don't get drunk much anymore-OH THE PAIN!

Looks like Andy Mason at least is playing there tonight, think I'll go down....maybe he will have some of the other guys with him...guess we'll see?

Yes, thanks for putting it up. Glad you dig it!

There must be more nostalgic Deadheads around.....or are you guys not as ancient as some of us?

...note to self "do not double up on meds before tv appearance"....

http://www.thelaws.ca/

Says John is playing in Pennsylvania tonight....boy he's gonna have to hustle between gigs!

Hope noone minds a little bump here.

What members are playing?

Thanks

I'm open to criticism, but you're right; hopefully I haven't created a batch of cheese!

Well I seemed to have attracted the mice, rats and kittens anyway....what does this all mean?

Well certainly it's out of the question to board a plane with a shoe up there or hair gel or other liquids and definitely nothing with wires....besides that I think you'd be ok....

As Uncle Bobo often said, 'it's not the money, it's the money'.....

All recorded on my computer.

I have a midi pickup on my guitar to play keyboard-synth-sound effects (Roland Gk3 through a Roland GI-20) as well as a little keyboard (Creative Prodikeys which is a great value right now in town at PC Cyber [$40] as you can't find a small keyboard for less than $100 bucks anywhere that I could find-I don't use it much as I can't really play keyboard but I couldn't resist the price) and an electronic drum 'kit' (Yamaha DD-55c).

I started recording the songs merely as a means to see how they all progressed outside of my imagination-which worked because I would come up with bridges in some songs as well as find where the songs dragged or were too short (not likely with my Deadhead ways) etc.

Then I decided to work them up just enough to where I could use them as demos for other musicians to hopefully get interested enough to learn the songs and record them properly-to realizing that I may not get competent musicians interested enough and I may as well work them up some more because I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would-at least I can get the songs to a point where people might be able to enjoy them rather than have them languish away in my imagination forever.

...still with the hopes of doing something more 'professional' with them, but after more than ten years of fairly dedicated writing I feel it is a disservice to inspiration in general and the spirit of music to leave music merely on paper as it were...

Probably more info than you wanted but there it is.....

Hey, all the mice are out!

....'willie p bennet' .......hhhmmmm, never thought of that.....anyway thanks for the kind consideration.

Hey, maybe I can be the first jam band in a box!

Interesting, thanks!

Thanks, I do dream of having a good band but sadly I am not a great organizer of humans and you know how musicians need to be herded like kittens.....just as you gather one up another scoots through your legs....another one runs out the door and gets run over by a car while another gets taken in by a nice old lady and de-clawed (perhaps what all musicians secretly hope for?)......

...if anyone may be interested. Kind of a Grateful Dead themed batch of songs I wrote.

http://www.myspace.com/dcmuir

...yup...of course the other biggy is a new arms race-involving countries even more threatening than the USSR of old was....

China has told N Korea all along to lay off the nukes; told them not to test missiles (ignored) and told them not to test said nukes (ignored).....the Chinese (gov't/military) like to ignore but not be ignored in such a fashion.

It is more worthy of discussion possibly the conundrum of pacifism. Sympathy always goes to the loser whether he was the aggressor and not to the victor even though he entered the fray in self defence. Sadly not always wishing for peace brings it about. I am not personally going to condemn US/British/Canadian troops for their efforts in WW2 or present; they certainly believe(d) they are (were) protecting us and who am I to tell them different.

Comparing a modern day aggressive-fanatical regime such as North korea or Iran with an atomic weapon and the intent to use such with the desperation of the Allied forces after years of WORLD WAR against an opponent who was intent on draining every drop of blood of their youth is off the mark.

I don't condone the existence of atomic weapons but living next to the USA for all of my forty years with their arsenal I have never felt the threat of them unleashing Hell on me......as you can see from the post of a member above they do not feel as assured in Seoul.....surely you can see the difference?

As for why humanity acts this way-well it's just the human condition. I think it will take a miracle to change it-The Second Coming type miracle. Sadly I don't think even hard work will change it-you can only delay and try to deal with each calamity as it arrises.

Of course the reasons a gang of religious fanatics who embrace death and prefer dealing out such death as a means to control the world and a Western democratic Nation with a standing army bear arms are obviously different.

Certainly dealing arms should be outlawed as well as developing nuclear weaponry but it is unlikely to happen-however it is something that we can work towards-or at least 'at'.