From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017092800214989398-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Taking sideman gigs is easy and fun. I'm doing one this week.   
      
   It'll be like us being in two bands, our own duo, and the  6 piece band, and   
   we'll take both of them just as seriously.   
      
   > Just show up, get my drink tokens, then stand there and play as much or as   
   > little as I feel like at the moment. You'd love it. It's all unrehearsed   
   > stuff.  Play what you feel.   
      
   I don't enjoy playing unrehearsed anywhere near as much as when it's done   
   RIGHT - i.e., by rehearsing first.   
      
   > Biggest downside is the absurdly loud stage volume. They are as old   
   > school, big amps, huge vocal monitors, crazy loud drummer, as it gets. Far   
   > far louder than my band.   
      
   It fits the pattern, no rehearsing, not serious enough, which of course   
   includes not setting up properly and playing too loud.   
      
   > I really thnk they are mostly deaf.   
      
   Though, they're probably Lazy about everything else, at least can't say they   
   didn't work hard at that ;)   
      
   > That, plus they actually think people want it that loud.   
      
   Nah, they probably think the audience likes wearing earplugs ;)   
      
   > Oh well, like I said, I'm a hired sideman. Not my gig. Not my problems.   
   > Yes, I will be drinking :-)   
      
   Jim   
      
   I don't drink or eat when I'm going to be playing, because  I concentrate,   
   focus on, and feed on the Music!   
      
   At the block party we played recently, the burgers smelled delicious...but I   
   just couldn't process food, and Music so close together in time...I don't   
   have the neurological resources to do it.   
   It's like discovering that two of your very favorite movies are being shown   
   at essentially the same time...just have to choose one and forget the other.   
   It was suggested that I take food home in a 'doggie bag' but I couldn't do   
   that either because I couldn't think about food, even packing some of it for   
   later, when I'm focused on Music, and I had to mention several times that I   
   came there to play, not eat.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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