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05-15-2011, 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Will Kelly  So last night I had a steakhouse gig, downtown. Gotta look nice, coat and tie. Upright bass.
I park in a multi-story parking garage and make the trek with my upright to the elevator. Get on. Forty-something couple is already in the elevator.
Lady looks at me.
"You playin' somewhere tonight?"
Duh.
"Is that a cello?"
"No, it's a bass."
"Like a bass guitar?"
"No, like THE bass. Where the word comes from."
Confused look from her. End of conversation as I leap from the elevator.
Damn, some people really are stupid. | "Where the word comes from"???
That's funny!
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05-15-2011, 05:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Michigan | | | I would said something like:
- Yeah like a bass guitar, but this is accoustic-bigger... same kind of thing..by the way my band and I are playing at.... we would love to see you around , come to see us you can have a wonderful time while enjoying great music.
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05-15-2011, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Will Kelly Now, to clarify, i did not say "duh" to this person. I just thought it. Lay off. Normally, I'm very laid back. | For some reason, I'm not sure you know what "laid back" means.
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05-15-2011, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Will Kelly Now, to clarify, i did not say "duh" to this person. I just thought it. Lay off. Normally, I'm very laid back. | Fairly certain no one here is questioning whether you actually said duh...
The lady didn't know what it was, and you said some things that weren't necessary. As hard as it may be to believe, not everyone knows what an upright bass is.
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05-15-2011, 10:28 AM
| | | | The fact that she even knew what a bass guitar was puts her ahead of a lot of people. Give people a break, don't be a dick. |
05-15-2011, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Will Kelly So last night I had a steakhouse gig, downtown. Gotta look nice, coat and tie. Upright bass.
I park in a multi-story parking garage and make the trek with my upright to the elevator. Get on. Forty-something couple is already in the elevator.
Lady looks at me.
"You playin' somewhere tonight?"
Duh.
"Is that a cello?"
"No, it's a bass."
"Like a bass guitar?"
"No, like THE bass. Where the word comes from."
Confused look from her. End of conversation as I leap from the elevator.
Damn, some people really are stupid. | Did you notice that you posted this in a BASS GUITAR forum? |
05-15-2011, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pedroims I would said something like:
- Yeah like a bass guitar, but this is accoustic-bigger... same kind of thing..by the way my band and I are playing at.... we would love to see you around , come to see us you can have a wonderful time while enjoying great music. | Winner! |
05-15-2011, 12:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mechanicsville, Virginia | | | You mean people actually talk in elevators? Around here it's just awkward silences. |
05-15-2011, 12:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Huddinge, Sweden | | | Not a very constructive conversation. Come back when you've read all installments of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" by Al Jaffee.
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05-15-2011, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Will Kelly So last night I had a steakhouse gig, downtown. Gotta look nice, coat and tie. Upright bass.
I park in a multi-story parking garage and make the trek with my upright to the elevator. Get on. Forty-something couple is already in the elevator.
Lady looks at me.
"You playin' somewhere tonight?" | The correct answer is "Oh no, just transporting a corpse in the bag."
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05-15-2011, 06:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: TX | | | Actually, I should have farted. I like that suggestion a lot! Besides, that would prove that I'm laid back. : ) |
05-15-2011, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by pedroims I would said something like:
- Yeah like a bass guitar, but this is accoustic-bigger... same kind of thing..by the way my band and I are playing at.... we would love to see you around , come to see us you can have a wonderful time while enjoying great music. | We have a winner. A successful musician (or anybody who's job relies on an audience) should know how to turn something like this into an opportunity. Maybe the couple was heading the same place you were, and they walked out when they saw you playing. Or maybe 5 minutes later they got a call from a friend that their plans had to be cancelled and now the couple needs something to do that night.
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05-15-2011, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Will Kelly
"No, it's a bass."
"Like a bass guitar?"
"No, like THE bass. Where the word comes from."
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| Could've been worse...if her response had been..."do you know the guitar player?"
I always like hearing that one.
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Originally Posted by relacey If I were forced to play a bass equal to my talent/ability I'd have a washtub and a stick. And it would probably be a dirty stick. | |
05-15-2011, 08:10 PM
| | | | I see dumb people....I don't think you were rude at all. DO you know the guitar player????? |
05-15-2011, 08:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: I WANT OUTTA HERE!!!! | | You come off as sounding like a jerk. That lady may have been interested in hearing you play. Maybe she even was at the place you were playing and saw you and walked out.
You had the perfect opportunity to talk about your music but you chose to be an @$$ clown. Boo for you.  
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05-15-2011, 08:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Hampshire | | | Ignorance of a topic isn't stupidity. I'm a drummer and I'm not going to think someone is an idiot if they don't know the difference between a "ride" cymbal and a "crash cymbal" or a rack tom vs. a floor tom.
I saw a string orchestra the other night and didn't know the difference between a violin and viola, so I looked it up, but I don't consider myself an idiot, just uneducated in that area.
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05-15-2011, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Will Kelly Actually, I should have farted. I like that suggestion a lot! Besides, that would prove that I'm laid back. : ) | 
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05-15-2011, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by MrGotBass | INCONCEIVABLE |
05-15-2011, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Portland oregon | | | In portland elevators are used as restrooms and places to do the nasty... so I avoid them and take the stairs.
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05-15-2011, 09:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Highland, CA | | | I dont understand why its so hard to politely explain something to somebody who has an interest in what you are doing. If they are friendly I don't care how ignorant the question is I will try to quickly explain without boring them. I carry my bass in an SKB case so they dont know exactly whats in there.
If they are rude I tell them its a rifle.
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