I'm Too Old to....

[dirkdabass]

Too Old to...


I've been playing bass for some decades now. I'm old enough to retire from my day job. I'm in two bands. I play bass every week. Made some cash. Had (have!) a great time. Learned some things.


As I get less young, I have come to realize that there *are* some things I'm too old for - so thought I'd start a thread.


I'm too old to play music with people I don't like

I'm too old to drive 100 miles on a Wednesday night for a rehersal (adios third band).

I'm too old to play a gig that starts at 10:00 P.M.

I'm too old to look forward to getting music catalogs in my mailbox.

I'm too old to worry about my onstage "moves"

I'm too old to worry about my off-stage moves, too

I'm too old to only play "hip" music

I'm too old to worry about that last clinker - or my next

I'm too old to look forward to breaking in the new drummer. Sigh.

I'm too old to put up with players that don't get it - unless they're still too young to know what "it" is. Nah. Too old for that too.


That's my list. You vets, what's on your list?

 

[El Güero]

I'm too old for hookers to let me run a tab.

 

[nashvillebill]

And too old to snort Peruvian snot detergent off of said hooker's backside....

 

[Howlin' Hanson]

Hell, I'm too old to memorize new songs. Or even old ones.

 

[ZenG]

I'm too old to even care how old I am.

 

[LowNloud1]

I'm too old to tolerate self-inflated egos.

 

[jmverdugo]

I'm too old for Las Vegas

 

[dbase]

I'm too old to carry my own rig and I'm too old to stand for an entire set.

 

[Manichga]

Im too old for stupid band rules.

eg. Please dont apply if you feel the need to play in multiple bands.

Get stuffed.

 

[two fingers]

I'm too old to just "let it go" when the guitarists rig at his ankles is peeling the skin off my face on the other side of the stage. You're going to make adjustment or we're going to have a problem.

 

[jeffreylee]

I'm too old (and fragile) to contemplate running an Ampeg fridge. Despite the fact that I still think they're the best sound ever. I'm actually about to downgrade my 4x10 to multiple 2x10's. Playing bass sucks with compressed vertebrae.

 

[samson3382]

I'm too old to "hang out" in any venue after playing.

 

[LowNloud1]

Too old to care about farting during practice.

 

[Howlin' Hanson]

Too old to care about farting during practice.

But it probably still brings a smile to your face once the pressure is gone.

And....too old to read that freaking 8-point font lyric sheet.

 

[Sneakypete]

I'm too old to recognise half the "celebrities" on television or in newspapers.

 

[socialleper]

I'm old enough to not use my age as an excuse. It sucks that people have to wait until they "got old" to know who they are.

 

[ZenG]

I'm too old to..to..
What was the question...?

 

[Smoove-Groove]

I'm too old to keep up with the Kardashians.

 

[Muttleybass]

Too old for gigs with stairs.

 

[Electric Al]

Talking about too old .... how about starting a thread of then and now pictures ?

Anyone interested ?