attention all PERFORMING musicians!!!!

[Fine Cut]

Howdy Howdy, well that time has come in my life for the dreaded Senior Project. I've decided to do my project on the Basics and Fundamentals of being an Amateur/Semi-Professional Musician...ok...it's more of a Documentary of sorts, on the in's and out's of us "little guys" that keep our local music scene up and runnin'. ...Anyway.

What i plan to do is write the basic 6-7 page summary report. For my fieldwork i'll be interviewing various local musicians...That's where you guys come in...ANYONE on this forum who Performs, as in with a band or by yourself, in any kind of musical environment, on any instrument, and would be willing to be interviewed by me, Stephen, by way of AIM or email, PLZ contact me at...

Tractorranmeover@aol.com

Any interviews will be greatly helpful in my research and development of this Project, and neither mine nor your words will be revised to change meaning AT ALL...i'm lookin for a true, indepth account of various experience levels, from the several nights per week stage fiend, to the weekend club warrior. Then there's you concert guys n gals, who are more than welcome. Once again this is not a Bass playing report, but a musician report...

once again, thanx to anyone and everyone who is willing to help me out here...I chose to ask for interviews from you guys simply because i trust you all, well...ok...most of you lol but really, you guys have been a big help to me in the past with my development as a musician, and i'd be honored if i could pick some of ur gigantic musical brians (now im just kissing butt)

OPINION time: my product or tangeable (SP?) part of my report will be a lil video of me, at a normal gig, documenting my equipment, my setup, anything that may go wrong, and teardown of the gear afterward, finished with a video of my band performing as punctuation...any ideas on how i could do this, or somethin to make this better?

sry. for the long post...

[meev992]

sure thing, add my AIM screen name.

[Bryan316]

Emailed ya.

\m/

[bigthemat]

cool i'm in. as a pro level trumpet player hopefully i can add some insight.

[neurotictim]

Sure, I'm in... Weekend club warrior here.

[Mark Wilson]

I'm at school for music.
So, if i can help, let me know!
wilson.mark7@gmail.com

[meev992]

What we need is someone from Berklee to give this paper an extra-dose of classiness.

[Mon Rominee]

Originally Posted by meev992

What we need is someone from Berklee to give this paper an extra-dose of classiness.

Or snobbery, maybe.....

[meev992]

Originally Posted by Mon Rominee

Or snobbery, maybe.....

that works too.

[Bryan316]

Oooh! Professors love snobbery!!!

[bigfatbass]

My AIM is my name here. I play 200+ shows a year, rolling all over creation, and still making a living at it at the age of 42. I'm in it for the long haul and so far the mortgage is paid, the band has two tours set up for spring and summer that will take us all the way to Florida and back.

Either we're doing something right, or I am the luckiest summbitch around, or maybe a bit of both.

I've been interviewed before, and so far I haven't scared anyone away from music completely.

[rfclef]

Emailed ya. I am rfclef at AOL too... music teacher, tuba player (have not tuba'd for money in over a decade though). Bass for a year and a half, in a band since October, hope to gig soon... Will help if I can

[meev992]

Originally Posted by Bryan316

Oooh! Professors love snobbery!!!

As long as said snob has credentials

[whoapower]

sent an email!

[Bryan316]

Let us know when you're going to send out this mass email.

[Basshappi]

I emailed you also.

[Lorenzini]

emailed.
I'm a fulltime gigger on keyboards and bass so hopefully I can help out...

[dman_113]

Email sent. I graduated high school in Charlotte so I had to do a senior exit project too. If I can help out let me know.

[davetakis]

you can count me in. bassist, guitar/bass tech, and i'm the archivist for the GEORGIA SATELLITES.