No wonder he was up there by himself...
"I stayed in touch with that tall brunette and married her 11 years later."
I try not to think about how old my wife was when I was in high school. We're 6.5 years apart. So, I was 24 when she was 18. Rewind a bit and when I was a sophmore, 16 years old, she was 10. That just sounds really creepy! 58 and 52 years old sounds a lot better.
I agree it is unsavory but it is P&W that seems unique in demanding the musicians be believers. I know church organists who are atheists, Christian organists playing in synagogues (and Jewish organists in churches) and organists whose sexual orientation or marriage history conflicts with the organizations they play for.
My buddy Dave (see my post earlier in this thread) was a Cantor in a Reformed Congregation thanks to his musicianship and beautiful singing voice. Not sure that he ever expressed a religious preference or affiliation. So he was lead musician for Catholic Masses, Cantor in a Reform Jewish Congregation, and organist at a Methodist church.
'Zackly! Gimme my Guild and my devil music any day — a match made in heaven!Explains the popularity of Taylor and PRS. . . .
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Dread, you are entitled to your feelings on this, The simple fact is that in the music "world" talent and ability have nothing to do with race or beliefs. In the religion "world" that is clearly a different discussion.To be a contracted musician is one thing, but to falsely claim a belief system in order to secure the job is like lying on your job application. No, it's worse.
I let one of my volunteers go because he was going on and on about things that were in direct conflict with our stated beliefs.
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Statistics bore the living hell out of me 97.683% of the time.Yeah I find this claim to be of questionable veracity, but then I’ve never met a statistic I could trust.
Indeed. At the end of the day, a gig is a gig. I'm sure the world's top hired guns that tour with the likes of Taylor Swift would never listen to her stuff on their own time. It pays the bills. For 30+ years Alice Cooper had to wear a disguise when golfing on the world's top courses when touring because it might break the dark and spooky image of his stage character! The golfer is who he really is. So....no need in worrying about the 9 lives of the dog pretending to be a cat. The dog never had them to begin with.Dread, you are entitled to your feelings on this, The simple fact is that in the music "world" talent and ability have nothing to do with race or beliefs. In the religion "world" that is clearly a different discussion.
We aren't going to be discussing religion or politics here on LTG and I'm afraid this thread is going to turn into something about discrimination where I'll have to slam the door. Let's not go down this route, OK? Folks, please?? 'Nuff said??
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Sounds like hell. I do like situations where I can play backup without knowing the songs. Open mics, jams, coffee houses. I've even done it at a few paid gigs. If I can see another guitar player's left hand, I usually manage fine.I'm just talking about being a paid performer. In most places I was involved with, it was on a volunteer basis. As a matter of incident, I volunteered for one when I saw the guy up there by himself one Sunday. I went to a practice and asked for chord charts. "Oh, we don't have those". Ok, just send me links to the songs you use. "Oh, I change a lot of the songs". Ok, well, how am I supposed to learn the music you play? "Just come every week and you'll pick it up! When we think you are good enough, we'll let you play."
I then watched him spend most of the practice debating fills with the keyboard player, while everyone else stood around waiting for something to do.
Yeah, now that I remember that, I can see why people get paid to do it.