[Trombone-l] The Holiday Blues

[Barry Green]

Jeff,
Say hello to Mollie Pate (french horn player) for me.  She was here  
in Nashville
playing some sessions for a while, she is an incredible player.  Hope  
things
continue to improve there.  Also hey to Rick Trolsen!
Peace,
Barry



Barry Green
1813 Forrest Ave
Nashville, TN. 37206
rbarrygreen at comcast.net
www.barrygreen.org
615 347-7667 cellphone





On Dec 5, 2007, at 7:49 PM, zemry1 at bellsouth.net wrote:

> 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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