birthdays

heath_the_great · #1 03-18-2006, 10:33 PM

would you play a gig on your birthday? im playin on my birthday next month and all my mates are calling me crazy saying i should cancel it so i can go clubbing instead....but id rather play

dharma · #2 03-18-2006, 10:34 PM

Screw going "clubbing."

Play one.

Aaron Saunders · #3 03-18-2006, 10:37 PM

Getting drunk, maybe having a good time, and spending a lot of money on expensive drinks...

versus...playing a gig, getting paid, and (almost certainly) a good time.

Play the gig, dude. I'd do it too.

fatbassjazzer · #4 03-18-2006, 10:49 PM

I played a gig on the 17 which was my birthday. It was awesome. I'd go with the show as opposed to clubbing.

Thunderbird91 · #5 03-18-2006, 10:51 PM

You can't gig whenever you want. Do it then go clubbin' later on. You can do that whenever. A gig is special. And you get paid.

What better of a present could you get?

Yvon · #6 03-18-2006, 11:02 PM

you need a really good reason to cancel a gig, your birthday ain't one

heath_the_great · #7 03-18-2006, 11:04 PM

true....i was just curious...plus after been gigging pretty constanly the last few months clubbing has lost its charm...i mean, gigging makes a night fun and complete...when i go clubbing i just get pissed off cos the dance floor you're always getting pushed and shoved and the skanky women (which i dont like) where gigging its more fun, except for when drunks try to tell you how to do everything

dharma · #8 03-19-2006, 01:40 AM

+1 on skanks. They ruin my night.

Went to my bass teacher's show tonight (got off early) and was pushed around the dance floor by skanks and big frat guys until around 1:30, when they started doing Jimi covers.

Then, everything gelled together.

heath_the_great · #9 03-19-2006, 01:59 AM

i really dont want to sound racist, and i dont intend on offending anyone im just saying how it is on the clubs where i go...

well, usually when i go out the clubs are absolutely full or wogs and asian guys, now at the place where i mainly go (fannys) they think they own a place and absolutly psuh everyone around, start fights and you might be dancing with some chick friends which i usually do and a group of asian guys will form a circle around the chicks or one of them and start all trying to have a go at them....im not saying that all wogs or asians are like this just the ones that happen to 99% of the time be there

teedub · #10 03-19-2006, 02:28 AM

Play the gig. It's ALWAYS the better option, and if you drink, they'll be free all night.

Sippy · #11 03-19-2006, 09:02 AM

Jaco did!

heath_the_great · #12 03-19-2006, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AerospaceGuy

Jaco did!

im not jaco....so that doesnt help me

Sippy · #13 03-19-2006, 09:12 AM

No but if it's good enough for him, it's sure as hell good enough for any of us :-D

heath_the_great · #14 03-19-2006, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AerospaceGuy

No but if it's good enough for him, it's sure as hell good enough for any of us :-D

so that makes cocaine good enough for any of us?...sorry, im just sick of these :its good enough for jaco: answers

d8g3jdh · #15 03-19-2006, 07:54 PM

It's your birthday! Do what you want!

Mark Latimour · #16 03-19-2006, 08:00 PM

I'd stay at home and browse TB with Brad Cook.

heath_the_great · #17 03-19-2006, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Zoltok

It's your birthday! Do what you want!

can i cry if i want to?

Peter Squire · #18 03-19-2006, 08:01 PM

If you play in a 5 piece band, there's 5 nights you won't gig right there.

You don't get a day off work for your birthday. A gig is like work.

**cheezewiz** · #19 03-19-2006, 08:03 PM

Maybe it's because I've had way too many of them, but birthdays don't seem like a big deal to me. I normally work on the night of my birthday, if it is a regular worknight, and if I gig, well, that's just an excuse for the other guys in the band to buy my drinks.

nicoli · #20 03-19-2006, 08:17 PM

I played on mine last year... free drinks, playing, and getting paid. Seems like a pretty good combination. You can always celebrate the night afterwards if you really want to.