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So this happened...

#81
Back when I was looking for a band to fit into, I came across a lot of crazy and weird situations.

One was a guitar player and drummer that wanted to jam Metallica tunes. Ok, I’m down with that. Get there and find out they only know and like Black album and forward. Hard pass.

Another was again a guitar player and drummer that were looking for a bassist to complete a trio. Turns out the band was the guitar players revenge against his recently separated wife who still lived in the house. I found this out on the third jam session when she came home from work early and “caught us” in the basement. She started yelling at the guitar player, then the drummer and guitar player both yelled back at her, and I just stood there in awe of what was happening. Turned out they hadn’t really taken any real steps towards separation other than sleeping in different rooms and talking about each other to their tween age kids. The guitar player went and used their savings to buy his gear AND his buddies drum kit. I could not pack my gear and leave fast enough, never went there again.

People got too much drama and mental damage these days to even think about joining a band ever again. I’m happy jamming along to songs I like or just being creative on my own.
 
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#84
QORC said:
I don't think you really need to apologize. "look" on stage DOES matter. if someone was horribly disfigured, no matter how good they are, it would hurt a band's chances would it not? Yes, someone that literally can't move without a cane is not going to help a band on stage. That's life.
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It was about 35 years ago. I went to an outdoor function (I won't mention the name of the organization) and I watched the band loading in.

There was a person, missing a left arm, who was looking awfully "familiar" with the equipment (It's tough to describe. ya just knew he owned these pieces).

I thought: "Must be the singer or something."

Nope. Left handed bass guitarist he played everything by hammer-ons and pull offs.

They weren't play RUSH, but I'm glad that guy (survivor of a motorcycle accident) didn't feel "disabled".

I lost two fingertips on my right hand, twenty years ago. Should people like me pack-it-in or is it okay if we try to do what brings joy to our life?
 
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Michael Stanley 2112 said:
It was about 35 years ago. I went to an outdoor function (I won't mention the name of the organization) and I watched the band loading in.

There was a person, missing a left arm, who was looking awfully "familiar" with the equipment (It's tough to describe. ya just knew he owned these pieces).

I thought: "Must be the singer or something."

Nope. Left handed bass guitarist he played everything by hammer-ons and pull offs.

They weren't play RUSH, but I'm glad that guy (survivor of a motorcycle accident) didn't feel "disabled".

I lost two fingertips on my right hand, twenty years ago. Should people like me pack-it-in or is it okay if we try to do what brings joy to our life?
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nobody said anyone needs to "pack it in". Just saying that look on stage DOES matter. And some bands reject members based on look -- including disfigurement, age, weight, baldness, whether good looking or not. It just goes with the territory.

by all means, play no matter what. But to pretend that somehow "look" doesn't matter on stage is silly. It does. I've certainly can't get the opportunities i did 20 years ago just based on age alone. I don't cry about it. I find people that don't hold this opinion to play with
 
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#88
On the jazz world, somebody you never met calls you up and asks if can uou do Saturday night.

End of discussion.

. 13-Nov-21
A FOGGY DAY F
Afternoon in Paris RB
Alice in Wonderland RB
ALL BLUES
ALL OF ME C
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE Ab
Alone Together RB
AU PRIVAVE F
Autumn Leaves RB
Beautiful Love RB
BLACK ORPHEUS Am
BLUE BOSSA Cm
Blues tunes of some kind (likely in Bb or C or F) RB
BLUESETTE
Body and Soul RB
CALL ME-G—ROB VOCAL G
CEORA
Ceora RB
CORCOVADO C
CUPID SHUFFLE
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES F
DESIFINADO
DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE Ab
Fly Me to the Moon
Forest Flower RB
FOUR
FREDDIE FREELOADER
GIRL FROM IPANEMA F
Girl From Ipanema RB
GOOD BAIT
Green Dolphin Street RB
GREEN DOLPHIN STREET D
HARLEM SHUFFLE
Have You Met Miss Jones? RB
How High the Moon RB
HOW INSENSITIVE Dm
IMPRESSIONS
In a Mellow Tone RB
ISN'T SHE LOVELY F (No Problem)
Joy Spring RB
Just Friends RB
Lady Bird RB
Look to the Sky Eb or F
LULLABY OF BIRDLAND Ab
Lullaby of Birdland RB
Meditation RB
MEDITATION bossa C
Misty RB
MOON DANCE Am
MR MAGIC C
MY FAVORITE THINGS
My Funny Valentine RB
My One and Only Love RB
New York, New York
Night and Day RB
NIGHT AND DAY C
Oleo RB
ONE NOTE SAMBA
Out of Nowhere RB
RECORDAME
Recordame RB
SAGA OF HARRISON CRABFEATHERS
Satin Doll RB
SO WHAT
Solar RB
Someday My Prince Will Come RB
SONG SET KEY
Song For My Fathers RB
SPOOKY VOCAL ROB Em (A)
Stella by Starlight RB
STELLA BY STARLIGHT Bb
Stolen Moments RB
Sugar RB
TAKE 5
Take the “A” Train RB
TAKE THE A TRAIN
TENOR MADNESS-Bb Bb
The More I See You ?
There is No Greater Love RB
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU Eb
Triste RB
TRISTE bossa Bb
Up Jumped Spring RB
WAVE D
WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT-- C--ROB VOCAL C (No problem)
What Is This Thing Called Love? RB
When Sunny Gets Blue RB
WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE-F F
Wonderful World
Yesterday RB
Yesterdays RB
You Don’t Know What Love Is RB
 
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#89
IamGroot said:
On the jazz world, somebody you never met calls you up and asks if can uou do Saturday night.

End of discussion.

. 13-Nov-21
A FOGGY DAY F
Afternoon in Paris RB
Alice in Wonderland RB
ALL BLUES
ALL OF ME C
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE Ab
Alone Together RB
AU PRIVAVE F
Autumn Leaves RB
Beautiful Love RB
BLACK ORPHEUS Am
BLUE BOSSA Cm
Blues tunes of some kind (likely in Bb or C or F) RB
BLUESETTE
Body and Soul RB
CALL ME-G—ROB VOCAL G
CEORA
Ceora RB
CORCOVADO C
CUPID SHUFFLE
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES F
DESIFINADO
DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE Ab
Fly Me to the Moon
Forest Flower RB
FOUR
FREDDIE FREELOADER
GIRL FROM IPANEMA F
Girl From Ipanema RB
GOOD BAIT
Green Dolphin Street RB
GREEN DOLPHIN STREET D
HARLEM SHUFFLE
Have You Met Miss Jones? RB
How High the Moon RB
HOW INSENSITIVE Dm
IMPRESSIONS
In a Mellow Tone RB
ISN'T SHE LOVELY F (No Problem)
Joy Spring RB
Just Friends RB
Lady Bird RB
Look to the Sky Eb or F
LULLABY OF BIRDLAND Ab
Lullaby of Birdland RB
Meditation RB
MEDITATION bossa C
Misty RB
MOON DANCE Am
MR MAGIC C
MY FAVORITE THINGS
My Funny Valentine RB
My One and Only Love RB
New York, New York
Night and Day RB
NIGHT AND DAY C
Oleo RB
ONE NOTE SAMBA
Out of Nowhere RB
RECORDAME
Recordame RB
SAGA OF HARRISON CRABFEATHERS
Satin Doll RB
SO WHAT
Solar RB
Someday My Prince Will Come RB
SONG SET KEY
Song For My Fathers RB
SPOOKY VOCAL ROB Em (A)
Stella by Starlight RB
STELLA BY STARLIGHT Bb
Stolen Moments RB
Sugar RB
TAKE 5
Take the “A” Train RB
TAKE THE A TRAIN
TENOR MADNESS-Bb Bb
The More I See You ?
There is No Greater Love RB
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU Eb
Triste RB
TRISTE bossa Bb
Up Jumped Spring RB
WAVE D
WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT-- C--ROB VOCAL C (No problem)
What Is This Thing Called Love? RB
When Sunny Gets Blue RB
WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE-F F
Wonderful World
Yesterday RB
Yesterdays RB
You Don’t Know What Love Is RB
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Woah. Hell of a list there..
 
#92
BooDoggie said:
I want to express my most sincere apologies if my comment seemed inappropriate to you, but I did not intend to sound like I was saying anything negative about the guy's disability. That was not at all my intention. It just took me by surprise because I was sort of expecting to have some fun with music for a change. I also have disabilities, but mine are not as obvious.
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I think you need to own your discrimination “ if my comment seemed inappropriate” yes it is, you were expecting to have some fun with music, I don’t see how the guy using a cane would change this ?
 
#93
John Stephen said:
@IamGroot, what does "RB" mean, next to all those songs? And does "end of discussion" mean you took the gig or you didn't take the gig?
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RB = Real Book, meaning whatever key the real book uses, not that you can have a real book on the stand.

End of Discussion......He sends the set list (happens only about half the time), you accept and you meet for the first time at the job. No audution, no rehearsal, no discusssion. Most of these people are nice folks and good to excellent musicians. Gigs with sax players means you need to bone up on sax tunes -alwasy ask for set list with sax players.

I have had only two rock/blues gigs in twenty years that were show up and play.
 
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#94
LBS-bass said:
This is a super easy song when you know it, but the main line isn't intuitive, and I can see how it would mess someone up without any work on it first. It's also really fast so if you're already not quite sure, the changes could pass you by in a hurry!
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There's a couple of parts in the song where the guitar lick plays by itself. We did it so the guitar came in with two patterns then the bass then the vocal. On the second one that is the long vamp, the the guitarist and I came in at the same time. Sounded really good when we hit it right, and if he came in first (too soon of course, I couldn't possibly come in late...) I'd just wait and come in later like on the original.
 
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#95
Rip Van Dan said:
There's a couple of parts in the song where the guitar lick plays by itself. We did it so the guitar came in with two patterns then the bass then the vocal. On the second one that is the long vamp, the the guitarist and I came in at the same time. Sounded really good when we hit it right, and if he came in first (too soon of course, I couldn't possibly come in late...) I'd just wait and come in later like on the original.
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Flexibility is key. We do it like the record but I have had moments when we haven't done it for a while and I forgot exactly which parts I'm supposed to lay out on. The singer just sings it where he's supposed to and it's never a problem, but then I go back and listen to it and realize I played more than I should have :)
 
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