Klarinet Archive - Posting 000343.txt from 2003/10

From: Deidre Calarco <DLeigh@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Inspiration
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:35:34 -0400

> Hi! This is from Ted Casher, the jazz/klezmer clarinetist/tenorplayer.
>
> Make no mistake! I love music! But I got into it for all the wrong
> reasons. Take note, fellow members of the roundtable--the following
> statements constitute a guy-thing!
>
> When I was 15 years old (half a century ago!!!!) another tenorplayer told
> me that if I got into the music business, I could sleep all morning, drink
> beer all afternoon, and go to work at night and make so much money. In the
> bargain, high visibility on the bandstand was a good way to meet attractive
> members of the opposite gender.

Um, I'm a woman and that sounds pretty good to me too. Sleep, beer, and
money are all things I enjoy. I don't know if being a musician is a good
way to pick up hot guys, if it was it'd certainly be a plus. :-)

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