seashell Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1339606845' post='1691421'] Or you may get a bassist as a groupie... [/quote] Ha ha, I like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 [quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1339593508' post='1691069'] "you realise that its all about the composition, the whole and not just your individual contribution" [/quote] Nails it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 When you're looking at changing cars the first thing you think of is fitting all the gear in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 [quote] when what you play... [/quote] Guitar. [quote] ...is more important than what you're playing it on. [/quote] A tube platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 When you find yourself talking to your instrument. Lately I've noticed myself saying 'in you go!' or 'out you come!' to the Fender when putting it in and taking it out of the gig bag. Though I'm not sure if that's the sign of being a real musician or a really mad old spinster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1339609440' post='1691485'] When you find yourself talking to your instrument. Lately I've noticed myself saying 'in you go!' or 'out you come!' to the Fender when putting it in and taking it out of the gig bag. Though I'm not sure if that's the sign of being a real musician or a really mad old spinster [/quote] LOOOL - but you're not a spinster, you're closer to being a divorcee I don't talk to my instruments (yet!) but I've given names to some of them... I suppose I'm in good company though - IIRC a number of you guys name their basses too, and obviously so do/did some big names in music. So it's all right, is it? IS IT??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 ... When you turn up at the venue, drop your guitars onto the stage and head straight for the bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 ...you say "I'm buying a new G string" and people don't think you're a cross dresser... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1339610166' post='1691506'] ...you say "I'm buying a new G string" and people don't think you're a cross dresser... [/quote] But they suddenly become willing to accompany you to the shop when you're a woman saying that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzneck Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 When you're told to stay in The Green Room until the stage is ready and "we'll call you for the sound check......." and you get free food and drink and it's happened to me three times and it was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1339606845' post='1691421'] Or you may get a bassist as a groupie... [/quote] That's not becoming a musician, that being unfortunate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 [quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1339609858' post='1691497'] head straight for the bar [/quote] And if the Bar is closed - hold your stomach in and look for the dancers. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 When you stop buying musical instruments on the High Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 when you spend more time on stage than on BC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee4 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 [quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1339607450' post='1691438'] When you're looking at changing cars the first thing you think of is fitting all the gear in. [/quote] Glad I'm not the only one who does that! Toyota Aygo=no SVT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveFry Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 When you're lying in the park and you think " Wow , that dove is cooing in 7/4 ! " and you start making up basslines to it in your head . or ..... When you're clearing up the half-empty glasses after a party and you end up arranging them on the kitchen table to make a scale . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 ..when you sell the drum kit and buy a bass.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1339598913' post='1691225'] Or operate anything touchscreen/touchpad for the same reason. [/quote] You might be on to something there. I always attributed my issues with touch sensitive devices to low resistance caused by my sweaty mitts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 When the most important app on your smart phone is a tuner.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 [b]You are a real musician when...[/b] ...you insist on trying different doorbells in B&Q to find one that's in concert pitch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Your college library installs fingerprint ID instead of barcode scanning and your fingertips are too smooth to work (true story). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1339591104' post='1691017'][b][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]at the first glimpse of a ray of sunshine, rush to music corner and make sure the curtain is drawn and the gear is in the shade.[/font][/size][/b][/quote] Aargh! No musician then. My curtains are always closed, unless I'm having visitors, and then I'll move the basses before opening the curtains. Yes, I'm lonely. What a lovely thread BTW, and what great answers up to now! Being dead serious for one second, for me being a classical musician is about wishing to convey the greatness of the composer by playing yet another way of "looking" at the composition, never about wishing to convey the greatness of oneself (I'd guess that this changes somewhat in popular music, as I gather the audience becomes more in focus, and the composer less). This "composer's greatness" thing is why I have a tendency to love classical organists and dislike classical pianists. A psychologist once told me that it's not coincidence that a pianist moves a lot and thrives at the front of the stage while the organist is hidden on the gallery, behind the part of the organ we call the positive, and keeps his body rather still most of the time. The old concierge (caretaker?) at my college could recognise what instrument people played by just looking at their general appearance and body language. Really fascinating. He disliked many pianists too, BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthestuntmen Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 ... you have to be reminded that the alphabet does not go 'A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A...' or ... your reply to [i]'what's your favourite colour..?[/i]' is [i]'Seafoam Green' [/i]or [i]'3 Tone Sunburst'[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirChewey Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 You still read threads like this at 1.30am?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperbob 2002 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 When you couldn't give a toss about the audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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