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Are my choices Barry Manilow and SRV copy-cat bands on some cruise gig? Doesn't seem like much of a choice to me. I hear combos doing just random pop tunes. Do tunes you like and play the gig.
Why is this a problem? This is 2014 not the 80's. You don't have to get caught up with genres.
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12-03-2014 05:17 PM
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Back on topic here's some random cruise ship videos;
It's what musicians used to do in clubs. Play something people might recognize.
Doesn't seem like rocket-science to me.
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Funny, I was just going to start a thread about being back from a cruise gig. I'm actually headed out tomorrow to do another two month stint on an English ship.
I'm on woodwinds for these gigs; the line cut the guitar chair in their orchestras a few years ago.
This particular line pays well, I have a cabin above the waterline (usually shared, but not always), the working hours are light, and I have officer deck/dining privileges.
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Well, change in plans. I'm taking most of my relatives on a cruise. 3 couples. Royal whatever-it's-called has facilities for kidney dialysis for my brother. I think the salt air might do him some good.
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Originally Posted by Stevebol
Last edited by ah.clem; 12-03-2014 at 11:45 PM. Reason: Typo
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Originally Posted by ah.clem
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Originally Posted by ah.clem
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Originally Posted by Stevebol
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Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
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Hanging it up. Never been an option for me. But recently I've thought about it. Maybe on another thread I'll post my thoughts.
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Originally Posted by henryrobinett
It's so provincial in the US now.
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Originally Posted by henryrobinett
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I don't have the time or wherewithal at the moment. Processing a lot of things - mostly good things at the moment. Music, and not just jazz, is at a critical place for professional musicians. If you took the road less traveled you might not be in the best position to make this transition. The questions are how viable is it and can I still afford it? I'm about to release two CDs. Maybe three. If I can't get any traction at the ripe old age of 58 I might have to find some other way of making a living for the first time in my life. That's all. Nothing too dramatic.
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Originally Posted by henryrobinett
Last edited by Stevebol; 12-04-2014 at 05:42 PM.
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I'd love to hear some cruise gig stories on this site. I didn't start his thread to babble about me. I'd like to hear about what songs you played, what you liked, what people liked. I think I should have started this in the 'From the Bandstand' section.
Maybe the mods could move it.Last edited by Stevebol; 12-04-2014 at 06:52 PM.
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Originally Posted by henryrobinett
Playing music isn't the issue with me. I'll always do that. It's about whether to try to get paid or not. I just want to kick back and listen to music now. If I have an opportunity to jam that's cool. I want to have fun with music at this point.Last edited by Stevebol; 12-05-2014 at 04:54 PM.
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I had a great conversation with my wife about it this afternoon and last night and it will be ongoing. She's 100% opposed to me hanging it up in anyway or fashion. We went over many plans to make it a going concern. There are many branches available I've only partially explored. Studio guitarist, engineer, mixing, mastering, various types of gigs - my own and sideman, teaching privately, online, skype, community college, prisons, clinics, community outreach, . . . All if which I've done a lot if but not been working them really hard consistently.
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Originally Posted by henryrobinett
Last edited by Stevebol; 12-05-2014 at 09:38 PM.
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Originally Posted by Stevebol
And we'll pose on our album covers like this:
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Originally Posted by Broyale
Yes, it's about time for another Vanilla Ice.
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Originally Posted by docbop
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Originally Posted by docbop
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Originally Posted by Broyale
Society thinks it's romantic to be an unemployed jazz musician. I think it's stupid.
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I think my only way out of the music business is to start a business.
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Originally Posted by Stevebol
It's a business you do because you love music and musicians not one to make much money with.
But it is cool when musicians you really like are in and getting to hear them. Buzz Feiten used to get a room for the whole day. Buzz by himself would just play and work on amp setting and play and play. Robben Ford would come in for a few hours at a time and test amps out.Last edited by docbop; 12-06-2014 at 05:27 PM.
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