DrKev
Moderator
Like some other folks around here, it's been a disastrous year for me - illness in the family, gigs dried up, 5 months of social security still lost in the infamous Gallic bureaucracy. But no bad spell lasts for ever. When the going gets tough, the tough grit their teeth and try to work their way through it.
Thanks to some good contacts, I've just landed a job in the last week, setting up guitars for one of the big music stores here in Paris (Total Music/Playback, the two companies are merging). I'll unpack 'em as they come in, make sure everything works, re-tune and tweak as necessary and send them off to wherever they're going be it store or customer. There'll be a few set ups and what not for customers too. I'm not expecting to see any balls though - the last EBMM guitar I saw in Total Music was the Sub1 that believe knucklehead François picked up, and that's a while ago now.
So tomorrow is my first day in a job in France where I'm not being hired for my English. It'll all be in French, which will be a bit stressful! (What's the spanner or wrench in French, and how do I say 'neck relief'??)
But the moral of the story, no matter how crappy life gets, something will always come up if you get out there and give it a chance to find you. I know it's easier said than done (with my history of depression, I do know, believe me) but like BP said, you have to get out there, somewhere, doing something. The good stuff won't ring your phone on it's own.
Hang in there y'all, nothing lasts forever, even the bad times.
K.
Thanks to some good contacts, I've just landed a job in the last week, setting up guitars for one of the big music stores here in Paris (Total Music/Playback, the two companies are merging). I'll unpack 'em as they come in, make sure everything works, re-tune and tweak as necessary and send them off to wherever they're going be it store or customer. There'll be a few set ups and what not for customers too. I'm not expecting to see any balls though - the last EBMM guitar I saw in Total Music was the Sub1 that believe knucklehead François picked up, and that's a while ago now.
So tomorrow is my first day in a job in France where I'm not being hired for my English. It'll all be in French, which will be a bit stressful! (What's the spanner or wrench in French, and how do I say 'neck relief'??)
But the moral of the story, no matter how crappy life gets, something will always come up if you get out there and give it a chance to find you. I know it's easier said than done (with my history of depression, I do know, believe me) but like BP said, you have to get out there, somewhere, doing something. The good stuff won't ring your phone on it's own.
Hang in there y'all, nothing lasts forever, even the bad times.
K.
. But I believe there are still some basses. 
