Originally Posted By: HearToLearn
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This maybe should be a different subject, but since you identified yourself as being a gigging musician, any idea on how the C-19 will be affecting what you do?


I've lost almost all my gigs in the rest of March and April.

I still have my once-a-week gig in an outdoor restaurant, but the crowds are thinning and Florida or our county might end up closing restaurants.

Other than that, all I have left are 2 private party gigs in April that haven't been canceled (yet).

These are very unusual times, and a lot of people are doing worse than me, so I'm counting my blessings.

Being self-employed means keeping a couple of month's income in a savings account for times like these. I haven't had to dip into that fund since the early 1990s, and although I hate to do it, that's what it's there for.

So we'll tighten our belts, and I'll have more time to work on new style disks and fake disks for Band-in-a-Box (my part-time "moonlighting" job might become full-time for a while).

Back on topic

When pitching jingles to clients after the older generation, you can use a quote I got from an audience member a couple of years ago.

We were playing a retirement condominium complex, there were some 90 year old people there, so we figured we'd throw out a couple of swing standards ("Chattanooga Choo-Choo" and "So Rare") and this woman comes up and says, "You know, Harry James is dead."

If you were 10 when Elvis Presley hit the charts, you would be 75 now.

Survival goes to those who can adapt to the times.

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