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03-25-2008, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC | | | A day in the life of JMJ
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I am curious what typical day is like for you. It is all business? Do you play scales until you fall asleep at night?  I can only dream of playing bass as day job...I would love to hear how great it is. |
03-25-2008, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazzman  I am curious what typical day is like for you. It is all business? Do you play scales until you fall asleep at night? I can only dream of playing bass as day job...I would love to hear how great it is. | Woke up, ate breakfast with fam. Returned about fifteen emails, did a new edit for an upcoming European single of one a band that I A & R over at Dangerbird (called La Rocca - from Ireland). Wife needed to run some errands, so I volunteered to watch our daughter for an hour or so, so here I am with the laptop doing internet on the couch while my daughter listens to a vintage Alice and Wonderland record. 
Later, more edits in the studio for La Rocca, working out a tune I'm going to submit to Shirley Manson and/or potentially another artist, then probably an hour or two on the phone to discuss a few upcoming projects this year with various people, mainly managers. Out to a gig tonight (Bob Mould at the El Rey). That's a day. Kind of mellow, nothing terribly exciting!
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03-25-2008, 02:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | Sounds fun.
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03-25-2008, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Valerus Sounds fun. | Thats what I was thinkin'. Stay at home with family and work always beats going on the road I bet.
How much are you on the road? Not with tours, but with recordings and other business?
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03-25-2008, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by joeinsprings Thats what I was thinkin'. Stay at home with family and work always beats going on the road I bet.
How much are you on the road? Not with tours, but with recordings and other business? | Depends - every year is different. Maybe 2 solid months a year if it's a light touring year. Heavier years have taken me out for as much as 5-6 months total time. This year won't be that much out of town stuff, as far as I can see right now.
I LOOOOVE me some touring, though! It's always fun for me.
JMJ |
03-25-2008, 07:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC | | Simply amazing! Your Tuesday trumps any day I have had many times over. Enjoy. |
03-26-2008, 11:31 AM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jmjbassplayer ...while my daughter listens to a vintage Alice and Wonderland record. | Awesome! That's a great choice over a Dora the Explorer video. |
03-26-2008, 11:50 AM
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When you have a three-year-old, you have to sometimes hold your nausea in check when it comes to jive children's programming. And I do mean programming!
Actually, we limit the TV hardcore...when she wants some TV, we usually just put on a record and that will satisfy her nicely.
JMJ |
03-26-2008, 01:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Kansas City | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jmjbassplayer Actually, we limit the TV hardcore...when she wants some TV, we usually just put on a record and that will satisfy her nicely. | Same here. We actually dumped our TV before having kids and now if they get bored we turn on the music and set them down with markers and crayons and paper.
It's really neat that you get to be home with your kid so much instead of going to a 9-5 all day (touring aside). To me that would be one of the best benefits of being a pro musician. |
03-26-2008, 01:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St. Paul, MN | | | As a dad of three boys (3,7,9) I can relate to limiting tv time. Its tough to do though. We don't always have the greatest weather here either so I've equipped our family room with a small drum set, bass, and guitars and am hoping to get them into jam sessions instead of tv and video games. Gotta get a keyboard now though because the oldest takes piano lessons.
Music for kids can be really hit or miss. My favorites are some old muppets albums. They are hilarious. I'm also partial to Dan Zanes. I've even been known to leave his music on after the kids have left. |
03-26-2008, 01:51 PM
| | | | Muppets!! That's it! Gotta find some Muppets vinyl.
Great call!!
JMJ |
03-26-2008, 02:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles | | | I have a stack of ancient Disney 45s--Snow White, Cinderella, you name it--love it--classic.
Kids music is a really viable market these days too!
But aside from the more mercenary possibilites of making dough at it, it can be hella fun. Man, I did a gig the other weekend, sitting in with some friends who have a kid's band--very pop/punk--great singalong choruses, etc. We played at a daycare/nursery school and it was the most fun I've had in a LONG time. Best audience I've played for in a while! I highly recommend it if you have the opportunity. I was doing my best Pete Townsend leaps and all kinds of stuff I never normally do at "proper" gigs. Plus my 3 year old got to see dad play bass for the first time live! |
03-26-2008, 02:38 PM
| | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jmjbassplayer
When you have a three-year-old, you have to sometimes hold your nausea in check when it comes to jive children's programming. And I do mean programming!
Actually, we limit the TV hardcore...when she wants some TV, we usually just put on a record and that will satisfy her nicely.
JMJ | I know of what you speak - I have a 3-yo (and 9-yo) of my own. Prying my little princess away from her Dora fix is going to be tough, but I really like the idea of some vintage Disney music. For car rides, I have both my girls curretly hooked on Tegan and Sara |
03-26-2008, 04:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: st. marys, ga | | sounds cool! geez, i can't wait until i retire from the military  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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