Jul 10, 2003 05:03 am so, readin between the lines of your story, i'm kinda guessing thast you didn't enjoy it?
Rant #876
Posted on Jul 10, 2003 01:47 am
Walt
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Member Since: May 10, 2002
Another political gig. Supprise birthday party for the owner of the RoosterTail. He had his yaught parked out front and was greeting people before the party started. Five bands. Plenty of food. A lot of ostentatius comments between name droping. Most where just working the floor. Some where sure they where there to be seen. There where a few that could actually dance! A lot of feeble weebles. 10lbs in 5lb packages. One or two that could have held their own on a lamp post. Talk about dead pan. I nearly fell asleep between sets. The whose who of Detroit. Is that an oxymoron or just simply nonsequitor? Kinda like a getto-gala! Right on the Detroit river. Clouds where beautifull! The water smelled bad. I have finally come to a decision. I play for the other members of the band. The audiance is not worth my time.
[ Back to Top ]
Jul 10, 2003 05:03 am so, readin between the lines of your story, i'm kinda guessing thast you didn't enjoy it?
Jul 10, 2003 05:08 am hey at least you're keeping perspective, despite all the BS!
Jul 10, 2003 05:16 am Quote:
I play for the other members of the band. The audiance is not worth my time.
Play for YOU Walt, hell with everyone else.
Jul 10, 2003 06:38 am i second that db, after all, we don't actually make music for anyone else!
getting paid for a practice ain't bad though. that's how i've always looked at crappy gigs, and there's been enough.
i used to be in a band making a kind of hybrid death metal, so the bands that we could play with were sort of limited in our area. playing support to balls out rock bands was kinda wierd, moreso for the audience than us!
we drew blood at a couple of gigs tho! at our very first gig someone spun out the pit into a cigarette machine so hard he knocked himself out, and at our farewell gig we had the current fiancee of our (female) guitarist fighting with her ex fiancee while we played. i thought they were both idiots, and friends were on either side, so we just played on!
Jul 10, 2003 10:59 am Yup, ya-all are right. This is my personal devil that I am fighting. I'll give myself about a 60% on keeping my perspective Minkus. While playing I was fine. But I still have to do some chill excersizes for between sets and and after gigs. On exiting one guest nearly wore his drink per his refusal to "make way". One poor Detroit Cop who was trying to deal with a Feeble Weeble with an alchol induced bug up her butt almost ended up with tread marks over him from my bass cab. One old fart, (probably my age) had the odasity to wave his guest bag (hung around thier necks on string) and announce "you need one of these". By the end of that little sawurae he had a pronounced intrest in his shoes. I will give myself credit for using absolutely no profanities untill I met my camel breaking straw at the valet line. He just happened to be between me and out of there. I probably owe him an appology. He got a little shreaded.
And here's the kicker. The entire entrance hall of some 100' or so was a colage of pictures of our owner Tommy (something or another, not Monahan) and every notable musician that he could con into smiling next to him. Yup, our musicians friend who treats musicians like a poor manager treats bus boys.
Oh well, at least he has money. I would really have the flux if he were indigent and God put me in a possition of being asked to help the bum.
|
Related Forum Topics: |
If you would like to participate in the forum discussions, feel free to register for your free membership.