{"id":154,"date":"2004-06-28T12:40:23","date_gmt":"2004-06-28T17:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=154"},"modified":"2004-06-28T12:43:45","modified_gmt":"2004-06-28T17:43:45","slug":"here-we-go-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"Here we go again."},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there a conspiracy among drummers and percussionists that they must back out of shows at the last minute<\/a>, as long as I am within a few degrees of separation from the show’s director? Once again, in an heroic showing of good will and desire for even a small taste of show business, I have entered into the fracas known as musical theatre, with only my mediocre percussive rudiments to defend me. It is strange that I have had more “gigs” for my self-taught and admittedly sub-par musical ability in this area, than for my trained skills in acting, stage combat and improv. Or even voice, in which I hold some natural talent.<\/p>\n

Mind you, I have not pursued these roles, but neither have I pursued playing in the orchestra, and here I am with my second performance behind the skins rapidly approaching, despite my caveats about my gross lack of real ability.<\/p>\n

I have four rehearsals, DRESS rehearsals I should add, to learn to read drumkit sheet music (my years playing euphonium in high school band not withstanding) and to know my part within the orchestra for the play 110 in the shade<\/i><\/a>. As Bjorn reminded me, I am likely to rely much on wood block and cowbell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is there a conspiracy among drummers and percussionists that they must back out of shows at the last minute, as long as I am within a few degrees of separation from the show’s director? Once again, in an heroic showing of good will and desire for even a small taste of show business, I have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-2u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":707,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=707","url_meta":{"origin":154,"position":0},"title":"Assets and Improvements","date":"12\/20\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I did this mainly as an affirmation and a resolution for the upcoming year. 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