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ProfessorGAC

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5. We Did
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 04:19 PM
Aug 7

Drummer won best drummer, guitarist won best guitar, I finished 2nd on bass (I was playing bass 4 months at tge time, and the guy that won was really good). Plus first place as a band.
So we won a bunch of money for just 3 songs. If we actually got paid that much per song at our gigs, we'd have been grossing $2.4 million a year. I would have retired much earlier!
We won in 3 years in a row in different configurations & quit before we made anubomad.
The interesting piece of that contest it was "picks & sticks". Couldn't bring anything other than guitar picks & drumsticks. Had to play the instruments provided through the amps provided. Everything we owned was better than everything they had, but we made it work.

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Nice selections. Swede Aug 7 #1
Thanks Swede 😊 ...nt Figarosmom Aug 7 #4
They Were Excellent ProfessorGAC Aug 7 #2
That was so cool, did you guys win?...nt Figarosmom Aug 7 #3
We Did ProfessorGAC Aug 7 #5
Congrats...nt Figarosmom Aug 7 #6
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