[TPIN] what you do when you aren't playing

[Ellis Workman]

Be careful where you scratch and don't pick your nose.

-Ellis

> I steal  this idea from another thread
>
> last night was the spring concert for Bob Odneal's jazz bands at the
> college he teaches at. I played in the small combo portion of that.
> everybody else in the group (Piano, guitars, and drums) was sitting
> down. I was standing up. So when i was not playing, which obviously was
> most of the time, after a bit, i would get self conscious. all sorts of
> ridiculous ideas start going through my head.
>
> Do I have to hold onto the trumpet, or can I set it in a chair next to me?
> What do i do with my hands?
>
> if you are not a seasoned entertainer in that sort of situation, there
> is a real level of "man the whole world is looking at me even when i am
> not playing, so how do i not look foolish" thing going on. And up on a
> stage in an auditorium, it was much different then out in a small club
> where i never felt that.
>
> so what do you do?
>
> (mostly i just looked over at my wife and blew her kisses, but don't
> tell that to Odneal)
>
> Travis
>
> Jeff Briddle wrote:
>> Gee, I don't feel so bad doing the exact same thing on my very first
>> band concert Sunday....
>>
>>
>>
>> SNIP> She fidgeted with her trumpet a lot when she wasn't playing,
>> tightening> > the valves tops and stems, looking at her horn, bouncing
>> the valves a> > lot, mostly the third valve for some reason.
>>
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Ellis Workman, ARS KØELW
Grid EN33sx Olmsted County
Rochester, MN US