Pet Peeves When It Comes To Musicians As Co-Workers:
1. Obey the call time. It doesn't pay to piss off your colleagues because you had to stop at Taco Bell.
2. If you're sitting in the G-D chair, that means someone had faith enough in you to hire you. There is no need, repeat, NO NEED to try and justify you existence to the rest of us by playing every scale you've ever learned on all five instruments you use for the book in the ten minutes before the downbeat. Your time would be much better spent attending to No. 1, above.
3. If you're going to feel the need to bitch about the quality of the gig while getting paid to do so, help us all out-- STAY HOME.
4. If you can't do the gig, don't take it.
5. If you take the gig and can't do it, find a worthwhile sub. No one wants to have to cover his sorry ass if he doesn't show or can't play the part.
6. If you're playing in a pit orchestra, please keep in mind that you're there to make the cats on stage look fantastic. I assure you that no one really gives a shit how loud you can blow the rock solo while she's working her ass off onstage trying to outsing you. Besides, she'll be relieving you of your jewels later-- is it really worth it?
And finally...
7. Tune it. Or die.
