Although it's an odd thing to say, but in my case the best decision I made thinking about equipment was to give up coffein altogether. I developed a habit to drink a lot of tea and coffee while I was doing some boring work for several years, then that work was finished but my habbit stayed, and I was so nervous all the time, sometimes close having a panic attack, and giving up these drinks actually worked like a charm. It was easy to give up, but I guess it took a lot of time to acknowledge that that could be the problem (denial is a powerful thing after all).
The reason I'm saying it is that just like keyboards none of us is perfect, the way we perceive the reality is highly affected by all the other factors. Although I am a reasonably young and healthy person, I have to pay a lot of attention to how well I eat, sleep, exercise (just walking), and so on, otherwise I can't see things clearly no matter how hard I try.
Ironically, it's easy to loose control on all those things when the things are fine or getting better, it usually takes some crisis (at least in economy) in order to take control of these small things, because it becomes more sensitive.
Although everyone here has a different situation, and I don't know who's drinking coffee or not, I thought it wouldn't hurt to share it. It's my experience, not Donny's or anybody else's, no specific recommendations from me. As for me, I got more pragmatic about my set-up, and about a job generally - as I figured, in order to stay in the business is should not be about being a hero, because heros can't do the same thing repeatedly, so it's about finding the best way to enjoy every little thing about it.
In the same time it's hard to ignore that we are becoming more and more digitalized, and a lot can be done online, even live performances (while collecting donations), as long as we are alive, there will be a demand to change.
Edited by Kabinopus (10/24/19 04:30 AM)
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