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It's the Music Stand Band??!!

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#81
If my options are:

1) Go see a band made up of senior citizens with mobility issues and music stands higher than their heads; or

2) Go see a band that includes someone who feels the need to go online and ridicule senior citizens who are getting out there and making music…


Then I’m going to grab a handful of Geritol, chase it down with a fifth of Jack Daniel’s, and go break some hips in the mosh pit.

Good on them for getting out there. Can’t wait for them to tear through some Limp Bizkit.
 
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#82
All we know about the band in the OP's picture is the apparent age of the players, the stands, and the wires. And if senior citizens stop playing gigs, who's going to teach the next generation about Baroque, Jazz, or Rock?

Maybe they're playing some kind of bizarre egg-headed electronic / academic music. That would be fun.
 
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Some of y'all are not cool. Those guys in the picture are obviously older and still playing. I'm not at the walker stage buy I am feeling my age. I do keep a tablet on hand to control the mixer but also in case I have a brain fart. It's not on a music stand and I try to keep it as inconspicuous as possible. Anyway, kudos to those guys still getting out there towards the end.
 
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Good for these folks getting out and playing. I hope that if I make it to their age I'm still playing.

I'm in the camp that if you're in a rock band (I am) keep the damn stands in the car, or at least out of sight. Drives me nuts, do your damn homework, I do...

This is not that situation. I applaud this group for still getting out and having a good time.
 
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In regards to the stand height... I'm wondering if they all wear bifocals and bring the stands up that high so they can see their music and look out over the crowd. Sometimes I might think the idea of having music stands on stage bothers me, then I remember that it's not my job to be a music gatekeeper. If someone is out making music then I'm happy for them.

I've done bands where music in front of you is forbidden, and I've also subbed in bands where they could barely read music but kept those charts in from of them like some sort of magical talisman and never looked up from the stands. At the end of each type of gig, everyone was happy and constantly congratulating the other for how amazing everything was.

I'd rather focus on the practice of "everyone is a roadie" so the better we work together to pack up the sooner we all get paid and go home. That's a hill worth dying on IMO.

brianrost said:
I sometimes bring a stand but no sheet music, just so people think I can play jazz. :whistle:
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This is the high point of the entire thread for me. I lol'd.

portpc said:
I don't mind a well placed music stand but I detest the I PAD on stage - It's everything live music isn't. Waiting for someone to scroll to find a song causes me to say, "Hey check your email after the gig .." and whatnot just to keep it moving..
Devices are detrimental to short term memory skills - Even better - learn the songs inside and out - learn the lyrics and don't perform them in public until you do in fact know them.
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Meh.

I have a couple of tablets, a larger one for reading gigs where I need the dots and a smaller one that mainly uses iReal Pro for gigs where I'm subbing and have no idea what's going to be called. For the reading gigs, it doesn't matter if anyone sees the tablet since everyone else on stage either has a music stand or fronts for the Sax players. For the smaller gigs, I've got a small mic stand with a tablet mount that's off to the side and about knee level. Most people wouldn't even notice it because I seldom touch it. I think the last gig I did I utilized it twice... once for a song I hadn't played in a long time but was a request from the audience attached to a $20 bill and the other was for a song I should have memorized because I play it all the time but just flat out forgot the bridge.
 
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Some very self-righteous folks here. Admittedly the stage is a mess but to bash them seems a bit unfair. Performers like this often fill the terrible void that many elderly inhabit in their nursing homes, rehab centers and clubs. And as an elderly person myself I appreciate musicians who will take that gig no matter how "unprofessional" they may be. I admit I chuckled at the photo but I am lucky enough at seventy-one to still be able to play in more inspiring situations. But I don't know if I am doing anything more important than these folks.
 
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JMarkD said:
Some very self-righteous folks here. Admittedly the stage is a mess but to bash them seems a bit unfair. Performers like this often fill the terrible void that many elderly inhabit in their nursing homes, rehab centers and clubs. And as an elderly person myself I appreciate musicians who will take that gig no matter how "unprofessional" they may be. I admit I chuckled at the photo but I am lucky enough at seventy-one to still be able to play in more inspiring situations. But I don't know if I am doing anything more important than these folks.
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Yes, that's probably true. There is a void there that needs to be filled.

Reading my own post it may have come off more self-righteous than intended.
 
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This is all I saw
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dbsfgyd1 said:
Did you happen to notice the tip jar/bag? Memories...the band name? Humm, the lack of it may be the reason for the stands....

I mean really, if it's that bad, get an iPad for crying out loud.
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I don't think it's a tip jar, I think it's a book entitled "Memories Tips", because they need tips to improve their memory? :laugh:
 
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buldog5151bass said:
Othing wrong with cheat sheets or music stands, but not like that. You can barely see the musicians. No matter what, you need to engage the audience.
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YES!!!!! +1,000. For the 30-plus years I have been going to hear them the small jazz ensembles at the University I used to work at invariably ALL read from a version of the Real Book and never acknowledged or even made eye contact with their audience. It was like two different universes. If I heard a piece I liked I could never request it at another performance because the band never announced it.

I blame this sort of dumbassery on the professors of the jazz program, and there have been several of those over the years.
 
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