Music needed..

[Terry McDougal]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

I'm all set now .. and $4.95 poorer..

So, what part of Scotland are you from Ken?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Terry McDougal

So, what part of Scotland are you from Ken?

Scotland? Sorry, I don't get it.

[Bin Hire]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Scotland? Sorry, I don't get it.

Ken, please let me try to explain. There are many old jokes about people from Scotland being thrifty (careful with money). Yes, I know that is a stereotype, like us people from Bahrain all having big noses, though maybe true in my case.
Pardon me for even suggesting it but, in most cultures, $4.95 is not much more than you would pay for a cup of coffee.
If you love to play the bass it is a small price, no?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Bin Hire

Ken, please let me try to explain. There are many old jokes about people from Scotland being thrifty (careful with money). Yes, I know that is a stereotype, like us people from Bahrain all having big noses, though maybe true in my case.
Pardon me for even suggesting it but, in most cultures, $4.95 is not much more than you would pay for a cup of coffee.
If you love to play the bass it is a small price, no?

Where is Coffee $4.95?

It's about $1.45 around here.

The point was they would not buy me that part. Everyone else on the gig has a part for their own instrument. The conductors attitude was, use the Tuba part if you wanna play. If not, don't play. I have been Principal bass there for many years. I have never had to buy my own music for a concert.

[Bin Hire]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Where is Coffee $4.95?

It's about $1.45 around here.

The point was they would not buy me that part. Everyone else on the gig has a part for their own instrument. The conductors attitude was, use the Tuba part if you wanna play. If not, don't play. I have been Principal bass there for many years. I have never had to buy my own music for a concert.

I pay $4 for a cup of coffee though, sorry, not American dollars.
"The conductor's attitude was, use the Tuba part if you wanna play. If not, don't play."
Excuse this suggestion but, what would he say if he realised the basses weren't playing? Is he paying you a good salary to play whatever he puts in front of you or is this more about not much money but musical enjoyment?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Bin Hire

I pay $4 for a cup of coffee though, sorry, not American dollars.
"The conductor's attitude was, use the Tuba part if you wanna play. If not, don't play."
Excuse this suggestion but, what would he say if he realised the basses weren't playing? Is he paying you a good salary to play whatever he puts in front of you or is this more about not much money but musical enjoyment?

It's a wind & brass concert with one piece added for 1 bass and cello and one with optional bass. I am the optional bass and the bass with the cello. All other bass players are off for this concert as well as ALL other strings. Because I am there for one piece, he invited me for the other piece but they didn't have a string bass part, just the tuba parts. It wasn't until the Fall concert I even knew I was on this venue as it was billed as 'no strings' at all. It's not about the money, its about the music and the audience. If I have to read a jumbled part in 3 octaves to pick out my part, I would just bow out. For $4.95 of which I will ask for it back, I will play.

[Scott Pope]

So, how did the gig go?