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The music must match the wine (rant)

#62
Insist that as a conscientious musician that it is absolutely essential that you try individually these fine wines to do them tonal/dynamic/emotive justice.......then proceed to enjoy drinking as much of them as you possibly can..... after the gig you can slur to your accusers, 'whadaayaamean it's the wine that dictated how I played that gig....hic... you can't get closer than that!'. ;)
 
#65
Muaguana said:
Can't go wrong with some Zappa. For the wine that's balancing between revolting and tasty, go with "Bobby Brown." If your sax player is named Chester, play "Florentine Pogen." Though I doubt he'd get laid after that...
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+1 You could start out with "Peaches En Regalia", then play "Camarillo Brillo", "Dinah-Moe Hum", and finish up with "The Illinois Enema Bandit". That oughta show them pretentious a-holes!!!
 
#71
steveksux said:
To the OP: give her the set list and/or recordings and tell her to organize them, as you guys aren't wine experts.
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...that's actually a genius answer to a ridiculous request. makes her do all the work and feel important at the same time.

otherwise, just play a bunch of tunes by April Wine.
 
#72
My suggestion: Work with them. See what they want. Figure a way to give them what they want, even if it's not necessarily what you usually do.

The thing is, some of these artsy-fartsy types are seriously moneyed. If you can crack that circle, you may find yourself with a "patron" (or even more than 1) that can help you get what you want. Think back to the Renaissance, when the Medicis financed da Vinci. Maybe not quite on that level, but why not go for it if it's dangling in front of you? There could be worse situations than having somebody pay you big bucks to do something for them, & leaving you with enough time & money to do what you want.

If you can make it work, go for it! Let those who are jealous of your opportunity make fun of it! You might end up laughing your way to the bank!

Just because the world is full of "starving artists" doesn't mean you have to be one. If you can get an "in" with some people who have more money than sense, take them for all you can & don't look back!
 
#75
what you do is ask for the wines so that you can match the taste to tune. u start out playing jazz, then you get roaring drunk and play a mix of black sabbath, dio, and iron maiden, and why not through in buckcherry's crazy b*tch and dedicate it to the "whine expert"
 

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