Re: Weekend gigs (Re: What makes us competitive? (was Re: Rates)

[Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net>]

Re:ÂKeith Hood's observation about drummers needing a trailer to haul stuff . . 
.

Besides my day job (writing heavy construction equipment manuals), I'm alsoÂa 
drummer in an oldies group here in metro Atlanta and it's almost to the point of 
getting a trailer for my drum kit and other "stuff". For the time being, though, 
I manage with my new VW Jetta.

Included areÂmy 1966 blue sparkle Rogers kit (20-inch base drum, Powertone snare 
drum, ride tom, and 18-inch floor tom), plus assorted Zildjian cymbals, my drum 
"throne", the gig bag with all the cymbal stands and mounting hardware, etc. And 
I'm not even a heavy metal power drummer (more like a Ringo or Charlie Watts 
style, keeping a good steady beat with good "fills" where needed).

So what are "oldies" (besides me)? Stuff you can pretty much sing in polite 
company. I usually place that as 1950's through a good chunk of the 70s, with a 
few assorted songs from later on.

-- Kenpo
(band name: Tequila Mockingbird (notice the pun?)




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From: Kieran Sullivan <ksullivan -at- tssg -dot- org>
To: Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>; RichardCombs <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 10:19:18 AM
Subject: RE: Weekend gigs (Re: What makes us competitive? (was Re: Rates)

I must be doing my weekend gigs in the wrong place. Or else I'm playing the 
wrong kind of music!

Living up to the national stereotype, my brother and I play trad Irish music the 
odd weekend around a few pubs here in Waterford (South-East Ireland).

But we'd have to do roughly 8 gigs to get the equivalent of $1,000 (â700+).

I guess I'm gonna have to stick to the day job for another while yet :-(

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Keith Hood
Sent: 27 October 2010 15:14
To: RichardCombs
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Subject: RE: Weekend gigs (Re: What makes us competitive? (was Re: Rates)

OK, I didn't know if it was public knowledge and didn't want to guess.

Yes, as much of a mobile money drain as a boat is, at least it doesn't eat or 
have to get vet treatments. Every kind of work has its overhead. Our overhead is 
the cost of trying to maintain current knowledge. The drummer must have a 
trailer to carry his gear, we must have a library of software manuals and style 
guides. At least we don't usually trip over the style guides.


--- On Wed, 10/27/10, Combs, Richard <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> wrote:

From: Combs, Richard <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
Subject: RE: Weekend gigs (Re: What makes us competitive? (was Re: Rates)
To: "Keith Hood" <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>
Cc: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 9:59 AM

Keith Hood wrote: 

> Actually, I asked him privately and in his case it is $1k for Saturday and
> Sunday. I won't say what he wrote because I didn't ask if it was OK to
> reproduce a private conversation here. Better than fishing charters,
> though.

Peter has posted more than once in the past about his pony rides. 

$1000 in a weekend sounds pretty good, but like bands, DJs, etc., there's a 
fairly sizable investment. A friend who's into horses says they're an even 
bigger money suck than a boat. 



Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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