Good story, thanks for sharing!
> On Jul 3, 2014, at 3:29 AM, Ed Durbrow <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Jul 2, 2014, at 12:17 PM, Edward C. Yong <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Anyone else with anecdotes of mediaeval clichés to report? Or are these too
>> frequent and numerous to merit mention? :D
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> Not quite medieval, but I’ll 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 don’t 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.
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> I bet you’ll be asked back to play again.
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> Ed Durbrow
> Saitama, Japan
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