or other gig. It’s a funny joke
because Tuba players are not
in such demand that warrants
carrying a beeper, but they are
hopeful. Trombone players
don’t work often either. Q: How
can a trombone player increase
the aerodynamics of his car?
A: Remove the Domino’s Pizza
Sign from the top of it. Insight:
Musicians have been known to
take all sorts of mindless part
time jobs to conserve their mental energy for composing and
playing while helping to make
ends meet. In music, it can be
financial feast or famine. Mindless temporary part-time jobs
are easy to quit when music
picks up.
Songwriter Lisa Ferrara tells
about the little boy who says
to his mom: “When I grow up
I want to be a musician.” Mom
replies, “Now dear, you can’t do
both.” That implies that musicians don’t mature in many practical ways like getting “a real
job” that can support a family.
Bassist Brian Connell queries,
“How do you get a guitar player
to turn down?” A: Put music in
front of him! Fair or not, some
local pop/rock guitarists are perceived as four-chord wonders
who can’t read music. So, if a gig
leader puts a sheet of music in
front of him, he’ll turn down his
volume and pretend he’s playing.
After my dark, depressing interpretation of these jokes, I
hope you can still laugh at them.
I’ll close with one of the uppity
word play quips I so love.
“A piano, is a piano, is a piano” --- Gertrude Steinway
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