Re: OT : The link that James A. Chappell does NOT want for you to see

<ttot...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>praise and glory and honor satisfies. Does my name recognition help the
>Trumpet of the Lord book dates? Yes it does.



Then how come you're sitting home alone waiting for one of your bushes
to catch
fire before touring again?
***
Are you for real?

At least I have bushes worth lookin at.

Truth is that we have no desire to travel on any long tours at this
time.

Long tours (and the promotion required to book them)are for most sgm
groups becoming too expensive.We have more and more sgm groups every
year, with less and less good paying gigs for them.These are just some
of the reasons why so many groups who are touring all of the time are
going further and further into debt. With the cost of fuel and other
touring expensive things rising like it has , along with churches
tightening up their budgets do to smaller donations (since 911) , you
are going to see a trend of more and more sgm groups who are touring
less, part time, or not at all.Many well known sgm groups, even those
who have had multi # 1 hits , are folding due to excessive debt.

TTOTLEM will continue to do what God leads us to do. As for now things
have slowed up for us since 911, which is typical of many sgm groups
since 911. Each sgm group is different, and due to the fact that in the
past we were an instrumental group only, without vocals, we at TTOTL
are unique amongst sgm groups. TTOTLEM has been described many ways. We
are original and that is a curse and a blessing. We hope to at times be
adding new things such as vocals. We are looking at FEB. as a potental
date to record a new c.d., and we hope to one day convert our garage
into a recording studio.For TTOTLEM we must change , we must keep up
with the times, and long tours along with the debt that they tend to
bring is not what most sgm groups are doing these days. I do hope to be
seen playing more in the future, and major secular sporting events is
one area where I hope to be seen playing more of(National Anthem).


>But I am NOT the only
>TOTLEM trumpet player, but I am the trumpet player who gets us in the
>door most of the time, but even I do not get into every door, let's be
>honest instrumental brass is often a hard sell, most people do not like
>it until they hear it live. I am very happy with the way that things
>are going for me musically lately.I have a lot to be thankful for. No I
>will not just show up with one horn and play at an unpaid gig just for
>you half
>way across the country.
>__________


Chicken ***...
(How about if I give you 30 pieces of silver?)

TTOTLEM has very strict booking policys. We require that ALL travel
expences be paid in full at least 2 weeks before we leave for the
event. If they are not paid in full two weeks before we leavefor the
event , we cancel the event.

BTW, Rochester isn't "half way across the country".
(Trust me: I looked it up.)
Why, it's even in the same time zone as you! Cool, huh!?

Rochester, NY is too far for TTOTLEM to travel for anyone who does not
agree to pay our travel expences and minimum performance fees. Besides,
again TTOTLEM is not going to book a performance to play in some
parking lot, even if you did agree to pay our minimum expences and
travel fee we would not go, we play at legit venues, not just ad hoc in
some parking lot.



>I am not the first to say that Darwin taught that "man came from
>monkey" , and I am not the one who called this debate a "monkey trial".


You're not the first one to be totally clueless about it, either...
Well here is a clue.

You have NO proof that life came from non life.

You have no clue as to the origin of matter and or kinetic energy, you
do not know the origin of anything, you only guess as to theories as to
how things, which you have no clue how they got here, DEVELOPED.

You have no clue as to how many planets there are.

You have no idea hoe large the universe is. You do not even know if
there is only one universe. Perhaps there are trillions of universes,
but you haven't a clue do you, you can only guess.

You are finite and you can not know the infinite.

Admit it , you were not there, you did not observe the universe
form.You can not even live long enough to travel to the closest star.

God is the only legit explaination as to where matter came from.

You do not know where anything came from, so how bout God?


>___________-
>Whatever musical training you do or don't have ron, you can not, and
>never will be able to show me up on a TRUMPET, so, you have no right to
>trash my plkaying and intonation until YOU can find me in some parking
>lot and YOU can show up ME on a TRUMPET Ron!


Then until you can sit on a court and make a ruling on abortion, shut
the ***
up about it...

See how that works?
Heh...a ruling will be made to overturn Roe V. Wade in our lifetime
Ron.

Perhaps then America will excape the wrath of God for abortion.



>And if your fames Skyliner
>sops (who ain't bad , one of the best trust me) think that they can I
>say bring it on, at least it would be some good competitiion.
>_________


That's what I've been tryin' to get you to do in Rochester!
Sheesh...

Again, IF DCA contacts me, and agrees to our minimum requirements, we
will book the show.

There should be a lot of sops there, from both coasts and Canada, who
can give
you a lesson.. er, "good competition"...

No sop can match my range, power and projection.



>>Cart what stuff?

>We have a lot of "stuff"


>The "stuff" of goodies that we bring helps us put on a great show man.
>____________



Who gives a *** about your entourage and your "show" - just show up
and play a
tune or two with a few other sops...

Let's see if you have the chops you claim...

I play in a show man, and if people pay for the show, and IF we choose
to go, we show up.

That is how this industry is run Ron
, and if you don't believe me, call Beckie Simmons and ask her if she
will book an artist to travel to Rochester,NY just to play in some
parking lot for free.

"Hello...Hello...Becky...Where did you go..are you there?..I think she
hung up on me..."

I put on a great show man with a lot of lights and speakers and smoke
and mirrors and puppets, gotta have the puppets man, they help me play.

If you want us to play, you gotta pay,because we do not play for free,
not meanin to be stuck up, but after a while and your ministry grows ,
you get to the point that you can not and will not play for free.We
just can not afford to do that, so unless you live in Ahens TN, or are
my family or best friend, I ain't gonna play for you for free.Many
good musicians in good church music programs don't even play for free
in their own churches anymore(although I have been offered $$ to play
in churches where I was a member, I turned it down, unless we are doing
a concert)
Although the Trumpet of the Lord charges money to perform concerts,
all those who are a part of TTOTLEM, including myself, are unpaid
volunteers. If you want the best musicians to play in your church or
any other gig anymore, most likely you are going to have to pay for
them. Most of the good musicians that I know want to be paid for
playing.

Travelin across the country just to toot a toot toot in some parkin lot
just
ain't my thing man.I put on a great show man.



>I know talent, and Rebecca St. James ain't got none, as a matter of
>fact a lot of sgm and ccm stars ain't got no talent.
>__________
Do you RON think that Rebecca St. James has a lot of talent?

YES OR NO


Riiight...

--
Ron in Florida

HHOOWWDDYY

puts on a great show man

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