[Trombone-l] The Holiday Blues

[Jeff Albert]

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,  <t.stone at att.net> 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. Since
>   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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