July 4, 2010

• July 3rd Gig Fail!

  So my gig today got rained out. Twice.

  I was playing a gig with Vicky, my violin teacher, and one of his other students in a random orchestra in middle-of-nowhere Sulphur Springs, Texas.
  We finished our 3 hour (I think it was 3 hours?) rehearsal and were eating dinner preparing for soundcheck at 7:30 when…

  (1:47:27 AM) Bryan: it started raining during dinner
  (1:47:30 AM) Bryan: before soundcheck
  (1:47:37 AM) Bryan: and we play at an outdoor stage
  (1:47:41 AM) Bryan: so we were supposed to wait till 8:30
  (1:47:48 AM) Bryan: if it kept raining, before canceling the show
  (1:47:55 AM) Bryan: it stopped raining at 7:30
  (1:47:59 AM) Bryan: which made us an hour late
  (1:48:06 AM) Bryan: but we went out for soundcheck after they wiped stuff dry
  (1:48:11 AM) Bryan: and we set up
  (1:48:13 AM) Bryan: played the national anthem
  (1:48:17 AM) Bryan: music of the night
  (1:48:23 AM) Bryan: national emblem march
  (1:48:28 AM) Bryan: and we started God Bless the USA
  (1:48:30 AM) Bryan: when i found that
  (1:48:37 AM) Bryan: my stand partner and i don’t even have the music with us
  (1:48:46 AM) Bryan: so we kept peeking at the stand in front of us
  (1:48:49 AM) Bryan: and then it started raining
  (1:48:55 AM) Bryan: sprinkling and getting worse
  (1:48:58 AM) Bryan: and all the violins looked around
  (1:49:11 AM) Bryan: we were all like “… um. FUCK THIS SHIT. I’M STILL GETTING PAID. BYE!”
  (1:49:35 AM) Bryan: while we were playing, i kicked the cases at our stands open so we could chuck our instruments in, close em up and run out of there haha
  (1:49:43 AM) Bryan: and we all waited till a random rest while the tenor was still singing
  (1:49:46 AM) Bryan: and we just started leaving
  (1:49:49 AM) Bryan: XD
  (1:51:45 AM) Bryan: and the winds were forced to stay and play in the rain
  (1:51:51 AM) Bryan: and a couple players actually had umbrellas
  (1:52:01 AM) Bryan: and they popped open the umbrella, put it over their shoulder, and kept playing
  (1:52:05 AM) Bryan: dedicated giggers, those people.

  So yep. That was my day. $110 for 4 hours of violin playing and then $55 more for tomorrow’s 1 hour concert… I like this very much, even if it’s the lower student pay. It’s not like I have to try or anything.

  • 12:43 pm
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