And, so it is Monday.
The weekend produced the effect of myself starting to at least make money playing.
Friday was dismal.
Sunday was magical, as I was given just about everything imaginable as I played on Bourbon Street.
There was a 10 dollar at least blunt in my case; jambalaya made by a guy who won the National Jambalaya Contest (or something), a pack of cigarettes; and so many drinks that I poured them all into an empty orange juice jug because they were all Huriicanes; a bottle of wine....and actual money, with a 10 dollar tip amongst it; and to cap the evening off, some baked chicken, from Tanya Huang.
But the best news is that the new guitar sounds great; and I am playing better because I am trying to catch up to Tanya and her ilk; and to play more scale tones in my solos.
I had been outlining the chords too much and not putting in the extra tones which can sound cool...
out of time
The weekend produced the effect of myself starting to at least make money playing.
Friday was dismal.
Sunday was magical, as I was given just about everything imaginable as I played on Bourbon Street.
There was a 10 dollar at least blunt in my case; jambalaya made by a guy who won the National Jambalaya Contest (or something), a pack of cigarettes; and so many drinks that I poured them all into an empty orange juice jug because they were all Huriicanes; a bottle of wine....and actual money, with a 10 dollar tip amongst it; and to cap the evening off, some baked chicken, from Tanya Huang.
But the best news is that the new guitar sounds great; and I am playing better because I am trying to catch up to Tanya and her ilk; and to play more scale tones in my solos.
I had been outlining the chords too much and not putting in the extra tones which can sound cool...
out of time
Wow, a new hat, a new guitar, and from the sound of it, some new enthusiasm. It seems like you're much better friends with Tanya and Dorise than a few months ago, and that's helping. Networking with people is pretty much the key to survival.
ReplyDeleteyeah, good to see you commenting again; I have slanted the blog a bit toward The National Inquisitor for the New Orleans street music scene....I've had musicians come up to me and address me by name just because they saw me jamming with T&D; and, I think the big acts really feel for me with my unamplified acoustic and think: but for the grace of God, there go I...
ReplyDeleteEven Tanya would say "It's not really loud enough" if she tried to play unplugged some night; she would double the money of any other unplugged out that night to be sure; but that would amount to a 80 percent paycut overall...
Doreen taught Dorise everything she knows about playing professionally on Royal Street; and that knowledge trikled down to the choice of hat which was given to me; and it works, what can I say...LOL