I leave my horn in the case until my next practice session.
I had a clarinet professor to that one time at his house a couple days before his recital. His daughter, maybe 5 at the time, thought it would be cute to have a picket fence around her mom's potted plant and used his reeds. He never lived that one down.Frank D said:I also take the reeds out of the reedguard and let them finish drying. I usually put them on some wire shelves that I have, so that the air can circulate around them.
You mean you leave after the sound guy???:shock::shock::shock:Carl H. said:I swab thoroughly, wipe the reeds on my hand or shirt sleeve before putting them in whatever I use to hold reeds for that axe. I then leave the cased instruments in a secure area with case open and swabs dangling from a stand or chair back while I pack stands and other stuff. Then I pack the swabs, close the cases and hit the road. If excess doubling is called for in pit work, I am usually the last guy out of the theater. Not to mention the first guy there.
Is that like following the elephants in a parade?hakukani said:You mean you leave after the sound guy???:shock::shock::shock:
Similar, but not quite as messy.Carl H. said:Is that like following the elephants in a parade?
So after that you quit your janitors job and just joined the bandhakukani said:Similar, but not quite as messy.
I'm just shocked. I was always the last one out of the theatre. They even paid me an extra 1/2 hour. I had to:
Take the condoms off the wireless beltpacks and remove the batteries (24)
Remove the battery packs from the wireless headsets.
Remove the mics from the pit.
Shut down the power amps.
Shut down the console.
Lock and/or check all doors.
By the time that was finished NO ONE was left.
I guess I had it easy. I never pulled mics from the pit.hakukani said:Similar, but not quite as messy.
I'm just shocked. I was always the last one out of the theatre. They even paid me an extra 1/2 hour. I had to:
Take the condoms off the wireless beltpacks and remove the batteries (24)
Remove the mics from the pit.
Shut down the power amps.
Shut down the console.
Lock and/or check all doors.
By the time that was finished NO ONE was left.
I didn't pull mics either until the night the theater got broken into. They stole from the pit:Carl H. said:I guess I had it easy. I never pulled mics from the pit.
The routine just seemed to flow and locking up was just part of being the sound guy. At least we didn't have to run light checks and replace burned out gel. With an assistant, sound check was pretty easy in comparison. Swap it out and throw it on the bench if it didn't work beats climbing ladders and hanging upside down anyday!
Believe me, the concermistress ALWAYS had her case with her after that. Man, Meyers are hard to blow out! He must have been reeel good.Carl H. said:I've never left an instrument anyplace where it could walk off without serious labor being involved. I guess I don't consider my drums instruments, but I took my cymbals with me when I left for the night. (Now all the drum stuff is in the rafters of my garage.)
The guy who was my assistant took over for me when I left. After blowing out the Meyers 3 times while ringing out mics (!!!!) (they bought him a RTA then) he departed with several "items" which were still on inventory. As far as I know that is the only "activity" to take place inside that hall.
Well during the gig I have the Roadies scan the crowd for all the fine looking ladies. Then when we are done playing........Frank D said:We've talked about before the gig and during the gig, but what about after the gig? Do you have a routine you follow?
How about you?
Hey, that's the Glamorous life we were always promised right. I remember that dream....sonnymobleytrane said:Well during the gig I have the Roadies scan the crowd for all the fine looking ladies. Then when we are done playing........
Oh wait that wasn't me![]()
One foot on the floor always helps me.Razzy said:Fall in the bed, and fall asleep, hopefully without having any spins... if spins are present, ya know, if it was that type of gig, then I usually eat some ice cream and listen to Coltrane for a half hour or so until I start nodding off. THEN to bed.