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05-16-2011, 10:48 PM
|  | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | |  Oh Cr@p! I Got A Gig.
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I don't WANT a gig. I like to just jam and not for pay nor any pressure to be 'there' for a show or a night.
The big mistake was filling in for a buddy who got wrecked on his bike and is gonna have to learn to walk and feed himself all over again.
It's a new restaurant and they want a house band and they kept on asking and then calling and finally I said 'Yes' and I have a steady gig.
I don't want to have a steady gig. I don't like the hours involved and I have a lot of other things on my plate - but they can't get anyone out here - over 60 miles from the next decent sized town - and certainly not on a well-traveled road.
There are apparently NO OTHER bass players in the area, so I got volunteered. I refuse to work for pay - hell, I refuse to work for anyone other than myself and I certainly didn't want this to happen.
There's absolutely no chance that my buddy will ever be able to pick up a bass or even use a fork again, so I don't feel I have to do this to help him keep his job.
Got any ideas on how to tell the club owner that I don't want to play three nights a week in a house band?
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05-17-2011, 12:11 AM
|  | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | | | Just tell him that you aren't able to do it...what's he gonna do, shoot you?
And BTW - I'm JEALOUS that you have a gig. If I were down there, I'd most likely be ALL OVER it. Unless it's jazz.
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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05-17-2011, 12:19 AM
| | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | Nah - it's retro rock and pre Beatles and some blues - I like them all - but I don't accept pay for work - I don't want the 1099 stuff all over again |
05-17-2011, 12:22 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Parke County, Indiana | | | I would kick someone's mom for a 3 night a week paid house gig. |
05-17-2011, 12:32 AM
|  | yiffffffTASTIC | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California | | | i would PUNCH A KITTEN IN THE FACE.
....... if it was music i liked playing. |
05-17-2011, 12:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Washington State | | | Oh, man. I'd do it until it stopped being fun. Go into it with a positive attitude and let it (no pun intended) play out. I think you're pulling the plug too early.
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05-17-2011, 12:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SurferJoe46  Nah - it's retro rock and pre Beatles and some blues - I like them all - but I don't accept pay for work - I don't want the 1099 stuff all over again | So, if you like the music, do it for fun and give the money to charity.
And if you really don't want a gig, don't do it.
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05-17-2011, 12:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pretty much Western Hemisphere | | | Sorry to hear about your friend. |
05-17-2011, 12:53 AM
| | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | That's just it - I get to play the Wine/Cheese tasting shows every few weeks and I gig with a firehouse and a few friends and it's fun.
I play with a Salsa group and I don't even speak their language.
I also play with a Klezmer band - and that's fun for all the food they shove down my throat.
I don't want this to become a drag.
Been there - done that - quite that whole 'till 4AM grind for many years and here it is again. |
05-17-2011, 12:56 AM
| | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | ...and there's GUITARIST there too.
I hate hanging with guitarists. |
05-17-2011, 01:04 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana | | | What's all this talk of a 1099? |
05-17-2011, 03:45 AM
| | Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz! | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Visalia CA | |
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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05-17-2011, 03:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana | | I was being facetious.  |
05-17-2011, 03:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Perth, WA, Australia | | | Just tell 'em "I don't want to play three nights a week in a house band".
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05-17-2011, 03:58 AM
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Originally Posted by sandmangeck What's all this talk of a 1099? | that is a very good question,
please tell us 
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05-17-2011, 04:13 AM
|  | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY & MA | | | I'm confused. What's the problem? Just say... Thanks, but no thanks. Done. |
05-17-2011, 04:20 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cohasset, Massachusetts | | | Just tell the people involved that you do not want to gig. The decision is yours. Don't let other people pressure you into something that you do not want to do. |
05-17-2011, 06:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: D'Shaw | | | Just say "No."
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05-17-2011, 07:23 AM
|  | ~ | | | | | See your own sig...tell them you like playing so much that you were caught up in the moment and forgot that you don't want to roll like that anymore.
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05-17-2011, 10:38 AM
| | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | I'm going to jam with the members that are collected for this band - maybe tomorrow evening - and then I'll see how their and my interplay works.
If it's a smooth and laid-back group then I can live with it for a while, but I don't need any 'tudes and glory seekers. I don't see this as a step for a musical social climber who is gonna shake the world with their interpretive musical style.
If we can just groove and not rag on each other, then it might work for a (short) while.
So far, I'm told they have two guitarists, a keyboard and small kit of drums. We won't be using a house PA, as the place has two pool tables and a full bar and attached in the same building is the restaurant and the use of a PA or FOH mixer won't apply here.
I wonder who sings? It won't be me.
There is no backline. I'd rather be a stand-alone player with all my own gear anyway.
Funny, but the owner actually heard my harp playing somewhere and that was the big draw for him - so I guess there'll be a lot of electric blues and I like that.
Gotta get my licks worked up for Blues Traveller, Paul Butterfield and The Allmans again I guess. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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