times have changed I guess
last night’s gig went fairly well…my car made it there…I had some fun, Jessica made it to the place (halfway thru the last set, but still) I got paid…and the car made it home (whew)…I don’t know fer sure (‘cos I only had two–VERY unusual) but again I think Band members were charged for soft drinks; WTF? As far as *I* can tell, Bands aren’t making any money in the DC area anyway and now we have to pay for soft drinks? Food and/or alcohol I kinda understand (although 50% off of those prolly wouldn’t kill the profit) but sodas? Times ARE hard I guess…
and I do wish the band manager could/would find a drummer more familiar with the Music we do and not the hard rock/heavy metal drummers we seem to use the most…Most of the time the drummer will tell me he’s never heard of (or played) the song we just finished playing (sigh)…is it my fault that I can sing or play HAVE I THE RIGHT by the Honeycombs (1964?) and RED by King Crimson? No, it just means I like a LOT of different songs…I LIKE being able to play YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART and JAMES AND THE COLD GUN…I guess it’s wrong of me to expect other Musicians to have tastes as diverse as mine seem to be…but really now, a drummer who can’t “correctly” play GET BACK? I mean c’mon man…no “horserace” beat? If it was MY Band…oh well, never mind…
looking forward to tonight’s sit-in with a Blues/Rock group–they know I can sing Harmony, but I don’t think they know that I can play guitar too…Unless their female guest vocalist told them I can–which is prolly how I got the invite in the first place (duh)…other than Automotively, Life is Good…