Most, if not all, of us have had the situation where while we are playing someone comes up to us and wants to hold a conversation ... well, a good friend of mine - he was the sax player in our band all those years ago - was recently hired to play the cocktail hour for a wedding in NY ... it was a 'Christmas theme' wedding and he was asked to play a lot of "Christmas music" ... on SOLO SAX ... He sent me an e-mail today saying the gig went very well, but as he said in his own words: "NOW......... as I'm playing a tune a woman
comes by and asks ME for a PEN. A PEN !!!
What the ??? I'm playing, doing tunes I
don't usually do, people pushing me, bending
my wireless mic on my horn and people
stepping on my feet. What the ????
Could you imagine how people are so unaware
of what we, as musicians, are doing. What it takes?
I don't get it. So I didn't say anything, AS USUAL, and took my money and went home. Going
home with money in my pocket was the best
part of the night."
So, fellas, it doesn't only happen to KB players but also to sax players while they have a mouthpiece in their mouth!!!
t.




[This message has been edited by tony mads usa (edited 12-12-2010).]