The person who owns that stage determines your rights while you happen to occupy it.

Musicians ignore that to their professional peril.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Some people make lots of money playing in bands where they are not the headliner and that is their job.
All you ever do is put people down in every one of your posts calling people clowns and such.....but yet,in doing so,it makes you look like an idiot.
But I'm sure you're a big name musician who just pops in every once in awhile to get his kicks making fun of all the little people who haven't had the success you enjoy,aren't you?Yeah,you're a real winner too.......

Back in the day, we had "showbands" and had uniforms that we wore.
Usually a black vest, black slacks and solid blue shirts or something
similiar.

Later it changed to just black slacks and shirts but occasionally we wore
tuxes for corporate function gigs.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

my band seems to only wear black and blue... although those are the coloures we wear everywhere... we tend to don a blue tie for gigs and black everything else...

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blues - its a religion...

ditto....when you're trying to survive by playing music in clubs and other places where you're depending on being booked.
we used to make really good money in a local place near Nashville,but the owner had rules against musicians drinking booze onstage,we didn't like it but the money was good and we drank our share later.

Tell it to Todd man. Not me. Here's his contact information.

http://www.tr-i.com/

The site is personally maintained by Rundgren,administrator,moderator,poster,everything. Go over there and tell Todd about the music business. Becuase he sure doesn't know.

Post back here when you get a reply. I'll be waiting...or shoving knitting needles in my eyes. Both of those things are not going to happen. I know it. You know it.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrs6xsdG6c

This picture is from my very first roadband (circa 1969). We played all over the east coast of the U.S. I believe this was in a Battle of the Bands final that we won :

Wish I still had that Guild Aristocrat!

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

I've always wanted to be in a ska band. If I were, I would like to wear the 2-tone, sixties mod suits on stage.

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when i was with my old band not that i'd consider them uniforms but my drummer would always wear neon green pants and that family guy shirt that mixes stewie with angus young, my bass player would always wear a striped shirt and black pants, and i would always wear my lucky sneakers my fav jeans and my black shirt... i guess they were our good luck charms

I was talking to you...not Todd Rundgren...so go ahead with the needles.

oh btw....when you get a break from handing fries out the drive-thru window,go back and reread some of the posts and maybe you will understand things a little better.

Hay you guyyys ! please dont take this so seriously. It's all in fun.
----Danny,

"Artists" are a breed apart from working professionals, gentlemen.

I'm not sure where all this sturm und drang is coming from.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

I get my getups at I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet on Carnaby Street.

Bob Dylan reminded us that we're all "gonna have to serve somebody," so I'm glad that you figured out a way to be in the position to not have to answer to anyone.

You must not be married, or you don't have a serious girlfriend.

You must be independently wealthy, with no executor or controller of your finances.

You must be an atheist, or at least an agnostic...that doesn't mean you don't have to answer somewhere along the line, it just means you're able to fool yourself right now.

You must be able to fly, because the laws of physics, nature and gravity don't apply to you, either.

As far as being "told what to do" with music: We all put some limitation of some sort on ourselves, unless you are a solo performer with no band members to have to follow your (obviously perfect) instructions...the members of the band have to be in some sort of synchronization, or it would be called "crap." If they are following your instructions on the chord changes or the breaks within the song, are they not being "true artists"? If they are not "true artists" such as yourself, how do you lower your standards to play with such subservient sheep?

And if you are at the point where you do not have to listen to anyone at all about what you play, I would like for you to go and play a song or a set of songs that not welcomed by a group of bikers, or rednecks, or gang members...you might try doing what you're told at that point, or you (and/or your equipment) might not make it out to the car in one piece.

I mentioned earlier wearing a suit and tie for a performance in a jazz club; I didn't mind, and I thought it was appropriate. Would I have donned the same clothing for a gig at a biker bar? No, even though there wouldn't have been anything "wrong" with it, it wasn't appropriate for the audience.

Rungren is a brilliant musician, producer, songwriter and performer. I don't know if you're just a fan, or you have some actual connection to him...either way, I think he understands that everyone gets something different out of performing...whether it's a creative outlet, for money or a combination thereof. He would probably respect the guy who (truthfully) says, "XYZ is why I do this," rather than arrogantly dismissing them as you have.



..and your approval means so much to all of us corporate drones that have to hire arrogant little unteachable jackasses such as yourself: Thank you from the bottom of my bottom.

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Good Vibes To Y'all!



Screamin' Armadillos
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