Gigging Muscians?

[Terry007]

I'm a touring artist .

 

[dapmdave]

What if I get paid not to play? Does that count?

Dave

 

[killdeer43]

What if I get paid not to play? Does that count?
Dave

Hey, income is income!

BTW, Dave, I asked a few days ago about your avatar and wondered if you and Pascal had arranged a swap or something.

Curious Joe

 

[dapmdave]

Hey, income is income!

BTW, Dave, I asked a few days ago about your avatar and wondered if you and Pascal had arranged a swap or something.

Curious Joe

Nothing like that, Joe. I know Pascal had a Robert Johnson avatar, but wasn't it a different one? Frankly, I'd rather have the old one back from the old LTG days but I can't seem to locate it. Maybe I'll search through my computer again...

Dave

 

[dapmdave]

There... better?

Dave

 

[fronobulax]

Frankly, I'd rather have the old one back from the old LTG days but I can't seem to locate it.

Right click, Save As and then go through the add an avatar stuff.

P.S. - and below is the full size version, or pretty close.

 

[dapmdave]

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you!

And a pretty common pose... looking over at Pascal playing his guitar, and thinking "How the heck does he do that?"

Dave

 

[fronobulax]

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you!

And a pretty common pose... looking over at Pascal playing his guitar, and thinking "How the heck does he do that?"

Dave

You're welcome, and I've been called much worse.

I kind of liked the way several shots from the LMG III open mic made it as avatars so I was glad to re-establish that tradition.

For everyone else, I still have limited access to the old board. Enough that I can grab your old avatar if you ask politely enough. What you get is the ~100 x ~100 pixel image that you used which isn't much but is better than nothing.

 

[killdeer43]

There... better?
Dave

Put me down for....like it!

Joe

 

[tjmangum]

What if I get paid not to play? Does that count?
Dave

One of my favorite Marx Brothers routines:
Chico's billing plan (from Animal Crackers):
Mrs. Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont): You are one of the musicians? But you were not due until tomorrow.
Signor Emanuel Ravelli (Chico): Couldn't come tomorrow. That's too quick.
Captain Spaudling (Groucho): Say, you're lucky they didn't come yesterday.
Ravelli: We were busy yesterday, but we charge just the same.
Spaulding: This is better than exploring. What do you fellows get an hour?
Ravelli: Ah, for playing we getta ten dollars an hour.
Spaulding: I see. What do you get for not playing?
Ravelli: Twelve dollars an hour.
Spaulding: Well, clip me off a piece of that.
Ravelli: Now... for rehearsing, we make a special rate, that'sa fifteen dollars an hour.
Spauling: That's for rehearsing.
Ravelli: That'sa for rehearsing.
Spaulding: And what do you get for not rehearsing?
Ravelli: You couldn't afford it.You see if we don't rehearse we don't play. And if we don't play, that runs into money. . . . Well, let's see how we stand. . . . Yesterday we didn't come. You remember yesterday we didn't come.
Spaulding: Oh, I remember.
Ravelli: That's three hundred dollars.
Spaulding: Yesterday you didn't come, that's three hundred dollars.
Ravelli: Yes, three hundred dollars.
Spaulding: Well, that's reasonable. I can see that, alright.
Ravelli: Now today we did come, that's -
Spaulding: That's a hundred you owe us.
Ravelli: Hey, I bet I'm gonna lose on the deal.