On Jul 2, 2014, at 12:17 PM, Edward C. Yong <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anyone else with anecdotes of mediaeval clichés to report? Or are these too > frequent and numerous to merit mention? :D Not quite medieval, but Ill share one story, maybe two. I used to do a lot of gigs around Japan. There could be a lot of middle men involved: an agent who is hired by a production company hired by another producer hired by a department store etc. I always just wanted to do a soundcheck, warm up and be left alone, but they often insisted on having meetings. Once, there was a whole roomful of hangers-on and one guy had to show he was the boss, so he wanted me to write out my set list on a whiteboard. Much like yours, tons of anonymous stuff that nobody would know, except for Greensleeves. So this guy says switch number 4 and 5 around to make it seem like he was doing something. Yes, sir! no problem. Then I just played whatever I wanted. Another time, playing one-man band, they said you have to be Russian. Sing in Russian or dont sing. My entire repertoire consisted of popular songs (in English). I tuned my G string down to F# and faked my way through a few lute dances on guitar with the drum on my back. I bet youll be asked back to play again. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
