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If I'm around people having fun with music, I don't want to be 'present'; I wanna play!



BINGO!

While it is always enjoyable too see someone enjoying their work especially musicians, I too can't help but want to be part of the fun. Besides rarely never have I sat in with a group that I did not learn something that would help me with my playing down the road.

Case in point back to many years ago when as a band we were gigging in New Orleans (when live music was the norm in every bar/lounge on just about every corner) along with my fellow band members we could not pack up quick enough from our gig to get to some of the after hour gigs where we would sit in or just swap out seats with the cats playing their gig. In fact many of the after hour players would come to our gig, sit in and warm up a tune or two before they went to theirs. Those were the days my friend as I think back now I knew at leat 25 - 35 musicians playing around the city on any given night . . . now I can count them on one hand playing only weekend gigs.

On that same note how many times have you tried to explain to a spouse or friend why after playing your gig you would go to someone else's gig to play more music, especially for free. They just don't get it, that's what musicians do . . . maybe when it comes to music we are adrenaline junkies.

Later,

Danny C.
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