Fun_People Archive
27 Oct
A music business mini-drama in one act
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 23:29:28 -0700
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: A music business mini-drama in one act
Forwarded-by: Ninafel@aol.com
Forwarded-by: MARTYCUTLER@PAN.COM
From: Bret Zvacek <zvacekbr@potsdam.edu>
Responding to: <DG0A1G.Lq1@logic.uc.wlu.edu>
A MUSIC BUSINESS RELATED MINI DRAMA in ONE ACT
THE CAST:
A Trombonist
A Contractor [not construction ... music, gigs, y'know? -psl]
THE LOCATION:
New York City, probably near the music store strip on 48th
THE SCENARIO:
Trombonist and Contractor meet on the street after not seeing each other
for a number of years
TROMBONIST: Bob, is that you? Good to see you, I haven't seen you in 20
years.
CONTRACTOR: My goodness Joe, it has been a long time. As a matter of fact,
the last time I spoke to you was when I called you for a club date
20 years ago, and you stood me up! You didn't show up for the gig!
What happened?
T: Well, the afternoon of the gig, I got called by Basie's road manager to
join the band, and I had to leave right away. Didn't you hear about
that?
C: No, I didn't hear about that.
T: And then, after I was on the band for awhile, I started writing for the
band, and Basie did a whole album of my charts. Didn't you hear about
that?
C: No, I didn't hear about that.
T: Then Frank Sinatra heard the album, liked my tunes and hired me as his
musical director. One of our records won a Grammy. Didn't you hear
about that?
C: No, I didn't hear about that.
T: Then I moved to Hollywood and got into writing for TV and movies, and
won an Oscar for one of my soundtracks. Didn't you hear about that?
C: No, I didn't hear about that. By the way, what are you doing back in
New York?
T: Well, I'm here for my daughter's wedding. As a matter of fact, I took
my trombone and sat in with the wedding band. Man, my chops are kind
of down. I didn't play very well. I sounded pretty bad, actually.
C: Yeah, I heard about that.
© 1995 Peter Langston