Who will you NOT play for?

[windshieldbug]

I would like to see Conan O'Brien do one of those "if _________ and _________ had a baby" things with Rush Limbaugh and Janet Reno.

Anyone here know how to clean vomit out of a laptop keyboard?

Hey...THIS IS REAL: (no photoshop stuff here!!!)

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Thanks, guys. I couldn't get any sleep at all last night...

[Chuck Jackson]

Depends on the "fringe" benefits Dale.

Chuck"who has 1000 snappy retorts, but won't in deference to the weaker hearts on this board"Jackson

[prototypedenNIS]

I'd play for Christina Aguilera, she can actually sing... Britney, no

[ai698]

As a National Guard Band, we play for our Governor quite often. Our band had an incident a couple of years ago while I was getting back in and while our Gov. was trying to get elected, the band was playing for a Memorial Day event in our state when the soon to be elected Gov. started to campaign at a Veterans event. For the record, Military Bands CANNOT play for politicians campaigning EVER. What I heard what happened is the band slowly started to exit, stage right, in front of everyone. Oops We played for the first time at this event last year since this happened. Our Gov. wasn't there, I guess he was busy with the North Koreans.

[LoyalTubist]

About the only thing I won't do is a strip show. (Yes, I have been asked!)

[tubajoe]

About the only thing I won't do is a strip show. (Yes, I have been asked!)

I've done burlesque shows several of times (PLAYED the tuba that is... just providing music with a band)


I'll pretty much play for anyone and with anyone.

I prefer to think of music as ABOVE arguments or disagreement of doctrine. It's a place inside which we can all agree -- as to successfully play TOGETHER you have to leave all the bullsh*t outside. If you disagree with each other while playing, it just does not work... it forces us to all be on the level and not work against each other... we can learn from it.

Playing music is like sex or pizza or beer. When it is good, it's like the best thing ever. When it's bad... well.... it's still pretty good.

[Carroll]

I absolutely refuse to play for or have anything to do with the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas. Any group of people who would treat our men fighting in Iraq and their families the way this group does has no room in my heart.

These guys are "playing" in a way - against them. You do what you can to promote what you believe.

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[ken k]

As a National Guard Band, we play for our Governor quite often. Our band had an incident a couple of years ago while I was getting back in and while our Gov. was trying to get elected, the band was playing for a Memorial Day event in our state when the soon to be elected Gov. started to campaign at a Veterans event. For the record, Military Bands CANNOT play for politicians campaigning EVER. What I heard what happened is the band slowly started to exit, stage right, in front of everyone. Oops We played for the first time at this event last year since this happened. Our Gov. wasn't there, I guess he was busy with the North Koreans.

Public school bands are the same way, but that doesn't stop politicians from asking. When I taught high school band I got calls all the time. I always refer them to the superintendent who politely tells them hell no. I have seen PS bands do it, though, and under orders from their bosses.

That was one of the reasons I got out of high school band, every little crappy event looked at the school band as a source of free entertainment.

We had an incident here in southeastern PA (don't remember which town it was) back during the last presidential election. "W" was in town giving a speech and the local school band wouldn't play, stating that since it was a campaign stop and not just a visit from the president, they didn't feel they could support one candidate over the other. Not sure who made the call, the band director or the superintendent, but it made the 6 o'clock news and was sort of a controversy for a few days.

ken k

[Allen]

........
As just a wild guess, would you suppose that the person who "made the call" was a supporter or a non-supporter of W? :lol:

and (another poster) regarding the "free entertainment" thing...I only WISH that more high school bands were (indeed!) entertaining. :(

Regarding supporter versus non-supporter, I wonder in more detail. Was the decision-maker:

1) A supporter who feels so strongly that he would ignore or break rules in order to make a decision that favors his political beliefs.
2) A supporter who feels that following rules and being non-partisan takes precedence over his own political beliefs.
3) A non-supporter who feels that following rules and being non-partisan takes precedence over his own political beliefs.
4) A non-supporter who feels so strongly that he would ignore or break rules in order to make a decision that favors his political beliefs.

I guess in this case, we can rule out option 1.

Personally, I respect people in categories 2 and 3 much more than people in categories 1 and 4.

Regarding high school bands, the world would be wonderful place if they were so entertaining that they had to refuse many requests for their appearances!

Cheers,
Allen

[windshieldbug]

The standard phrase was, "We just need a group to come down and make some noise."

The standard though was "We just need SOMETHING to make us look legitimate... I mean, would they even let kids come here if we weren't legitimate!?"

[Daryl Fletcher]

[ken k]

What they really wanted was to get lots of kids (whether they could sing or not) to show up so their parents and grandparents would buy tickets to the game. From their viewpoint, it's all about filling up the seats, so in a way I don't blame them.

Pretty soon you'll tell us that there are "honors" awarded to bands and students simply to sell travel packages and book hotel rooms.

Check out Disney's magic music days......

[windshieldbug]

Check out Disney's magic music days...

Not only that, but don't they even charge the bands to get in these days?

[adam0408]

I think what it comes down to is not who I play for, but those people with whom I will play. I think people would have to do some pretty extremely terrible things for me to not play for/with them. Where I am from, gigs are few and very far between, and you can't really pick and choose.

Everything you play for is experience and makes you a better player/person for going through it if you treat it in the right fashion.

Remember, if someone accosts you for playing at a questionable event, you can just say, "well why were you there to see me then?"

[windshieldbug]

I think what it comes down to is not who I play for, but those people with whom I will play

The gigmeister occasionally had to find a sub for me. Once, he casually mentioned that he was not going to hire a particular person because he found out they worked in an abortion clinic... Who had he been associating with who knew all the local poop on abortion clinics?

I think this points out that you can't prevent certain people from enjoying your music (for whom you will work) ("excuse me, Row 3, seat 12 Proscenium will you please leave the hall; the tuba will not perform otherwise... ), but that there are those you will not work with!