Does showing up late make me a pro?
I was late to my regular Fri. night jazz gig last night. And I mean REALLY late. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I showed up at 7 when downbeat was supposed to be at 6:30 (Or as I call it, pulling a 'HammBone').
After catching much grief, the guys' idea of a punishment was to make me drink whiskey. So, uh, like I would learn my lesson? I think I'll be late again next week....
In my rush to get there, I STILL didn't have my freakin guitar strap. It fell off my bass twice tonight, once during a solo. There just happened to be 3 groups of people paying attention and shouting me on during my solo, the only time in the evening that anyone was paying attention to me, and the freakin strap comes off! So I propped my foot against the top of my bass amp so I that could rest the bass on my thigh, and played another chorus. And I did surprisingly mediocre. I think it was one of those situations where everything goes wrong and you perform well under the pressure?
The drummer's girlfriend came down and watched our last two sets with her hot roomate. Nice. Our trumpet player is cool but he seriously lacks the 'old entertain the ladies' skill and I think he scared them away. I hope they come back next week.
Something good came out of the evening. I Landed a gig for Sat night, and gigs for all thursdays and fridays in Oct, at two different venues.
So apparently that's how the pro's do it, showing up late.
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As our mutual bro Zane points out, you look lame when you show up on time or early to a gig. Like you have nowhere else to be. No, the most professional way to show up to a gig is either right on time (but barely) or 15 to 20 mins late, like you just stormed in from another gig. Zane has this technique down apparently and I've been trying to master it myself :)
Hmmmm, this is the same Zane who thinks it's rude to invite musicians to your wedding. He says he'd be personally offended if he ever got an invite from me.
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