How would you feel?

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:51 am

I'm a bar picker, not a classical musician.
Our gigs usually run four hours and in small venues breaks are a problem.
People seem to be inclined to leave a bar or eatery when the band takes a break. Management would like to find a way around this.
The Creekers never take breaks when things are poppin'. It's a downer to have all seats full and come back to the stage and find 80% of the seats empty. If it's slow we play C.D.s thru our P.A. so we control all music. If the crowd is rockin', then:
Kurt and I head for the head and leave John Reno alone onstage playing guitar and singing tunes we don't have parts for. We come back with Shinerbocks for everybody. (Thanks, Doc)
I take John's guitar and do enough vocals to get him a break and I'm glad to have Kurt's harmonica to back me up because I'm not as strong as John on vocals or guitar.
But everybody has to go home eventually and management wants to leave the minute the cash register stops ringing.
When we get a hand signal from the "Great Cahuna", we do up any requests and go into "Happy Trails To You" by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and end the night with a BIG FINISH.
Dennis Gray
tubatooter1940
www.johnreno.com/

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:50 am

adam0408 wrote:I even stop blatting notes .

Isn't that a good thing??????????????????????

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:48 am

Rick Denney wrote:Welcome to college.

Rick "who heard this from upperclassmen in response to complaints about the workload" Denney

Those days were different. A few days ago I was told by a senior from a large university near me that he hated Wednesdays because he had to get up at 11:00 am to make it to an 11:15 am class.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:08 pm

Mark wrote:A few days ago I was told by a senior from a large university near me that he hated Wednesdays because he had to get up at 11:00 am to make it to an 11:15 am class.

That IS unreasonable! HE HAS CLASS ON WEDNESDAYS!?

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:25 pm

MartyNeilan wrote:
adam0408 wrote:I even stop blatting notes .
Isn't that a good thing??????????????????????

One would think so ...

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:28 pm

Not if the notes are marked: sfzblt

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:39 pm

windshieldbug wrote:Not if the notes are marked: sfzblt

Well, that's true -- but how many sfarzando passages are there, anyway?

adam0408 · Post by **adam0408** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:33 am

Kevin Hendrick wrote:
MartyNeilan wrote:
adam0408 wrote:I even stop blatting notes .
Isn't that a good thing??????????????????????
One would think so ...

Naw you guys have the wrong idea... I just do that when I get bored and to make sure the director is paying attention. Often they arent.

Also, a word on college these days:
I pick my hours, but just because my day begins at noon doesnt mean I am slacking off, since it ends basically at 11 pm. And that is before homework actually begins......