You may just be a jazz musician if
- Your children have middle names like Brubeck or Coltrane
- You think Taco Bell has something to do with the trumpet in a mariachi band
- You think about cutting your own clarinet reeds from decorative bamboo house plants
- You have played at clubs where the band has outnumbered the audience.
- You are disappointed when you cannot see a saxophone players lower lip technique due to his beard.
- When you hear about marijuana being decriminalized, you think what a raw deal Gene Krupa got.
- You go see other jazz bands to chat with old friends
- You start cutting your own clarinet reeds from decorative bamboo house plants
- You go see other jazz bands to see if you can sub
- You go see other jazz bands to see if they play a 20 minute version of Blackbird as well as your jazz band can
- You tune your own piano regularly
- You tune other peoples piano just to play them
- You think a G string should be wound, not worn.
- You shop for a vehicle based on size, not mileage, so you can put your double bass in it.
- You cant believe how much a country band actually gets paid for gigs.
- Your decorative bamboo house plants all die from having clarinet reeds cut from them.
- You join a country band on weekends because they actually get paid for gigs.
- You carry your lucky trumpet mouthpiece with you everywhere.
- When you hear someone being described as an upright citizen, you wonder if he is available to play bass.
- You argue with other jazz musicians that D minor is the ONLY minor key worth playing in.
- You notice that the price of decorative bamboo house plants has gone up so much that you start buying your clarinet reeds again.
- Your children have middle names like Brubeck or Coltrane
- You think Taco Bell has something to do with the trumpet in a mariachi band
- You think about cutting your own clarinet reeds from decorative bamboo house plants
- You have played at clubs where the band has outnumbered the audience.
- You are disappointed when you cannot see a saxophone players lower lip technique due to his beard.
- When you hear about marijuana being decriminalized, you think what a raw deal Gene Krupa got.
- You go see other jazz bands to chat with old friends
- You start cutting your own clarinet reeds from decorative bamboo house plants
- You go see other jazz bands to see if you can sub
- You go see other jazz bands to see if they play a 20 minute version of Blackbird as well as your jazz band can
- You tune your own piano regularly
- You tune other peoples piano just to play them
- You think a G string should be wound, not worn.
- You shop for a vehicle based on size, not mileage, so you can put your double bass in it.
- You cant believe how much a country band actually gets paid for gigs.
- Your decorative bamboo house plants all die from having clarinet reeds cut from them.
- You join a country band on weekends because they actually get paid for gigs.
- You carry your lucky trumpet mouthpiece with you everywhere.
- When you hear someone being described as an upright citizen, you wonder if he is available to play bass.
- You argue with other jazz musicians that D minor is the ONLY minor key worth playing in.
- You notice that the price of decorative bamboo house plants has gone up so much that you start buying your clarinet reeds again.
