[Trombone-l] The Holiday Blues

[zemry1@bellsouth.net]

Dang it, Jeff........find me some holiday gigs. I sight read well!!

-------------- Original message from "Jeff Albert" <jeffalbert.smb at gmail.com>: -------------- 


> That hasn't been my experience. I am almost busier than I can handle 
> in New Orleans. There are probably a couple of odd factors 
> contributing to that. I am doing a long term sub with the LPO (the 
> full time orchestra here), and trying to keep up my usual work as much 
> as possible. Also, the pool of players here post-K is pretty shallow, 
> especially for certain types of work. The work has also decreased, 
> but not as much as the pool of players, so those of us that are still 
> here are working. 
> 
> Everybody come on down to New Orleans... ;) 
> 
> Jeff 
> 
> On Nov 29, 2007 5:16 PM, wrote: 
> > Hi List, 
> > 
> > Things certainly have been slow so far this Holiday Season! Last year I didn't 
> have a single gig, yet another bone-playing friend of mine had a long run on the 
> Nutscratcher plus four church gigs! This year he's got zip (so far), and I've 
> got only two -- a holiday/90th birthday dance and a New Years Eve gig. We were 
> talking about this subject yesterday, and here's a really interesting thing that 
> he told me: He got invited to the annual Trombone Christmas Party of a 
> well-known LA professional bass trombone player. This person's party is usually 
> held on a Sunday night, allowing all the professional and non-professional 
> invitee's preceding Saturday night to remain open for gigs. Well, this year's 
> party is scheduled for a Saturday night because, it is rumored, hardly any of 
> the invited trombonists have gigs scheduled! And I've heard this same thing 
> about a decided lack of forth-coming Holiday gigs from players -- both brass, 
> woodwind and string -- in other groups I play in. Sin 
> ce 
> > the L 
> > ist has been so lethargic this month, I ask this question in the interest of 
> creating some stimulating "End of s Lethargic November" conversation: Do you 
> find this trend happening in your part of the universe as well? And, if so, what 
> do think is causing it, and what can be done about it? I know you all are not 
> just lurking out there practicing your flexibility studies and etudes! So come 
> on now, let's get the blood flowing into those ten digits and get some responses 
> happening! 
> > 
> > Tim (Sitting On My Butt Hardly Giging At All This Holiday Season) Stone 
> > Granada Hills, CA 
> > t.stone at att.net 
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