Bass player fines

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Name of offender: _____________________

Date of offense(s) _____ / _____ / _______

Musical offenses:

Playing loudly during warm up - $10

Sound-checking amp with funk slapping - $25

Loud cursing after mistake - $10

Playing high and fast after mistake - $20

Practicing 2-handed tapping between tunes - $20

Asking for "E" tuning note - $25

Playing E anyway when horns tune to Bb - $50

Playing written-out walking line - $50

Failure to play written walking line - $75

Writing note names over ledger-line notes - $50

Writing beat numbers under dotted figures - $50

Playing eighth notes - $5 each

Playing sixteenth notes - $10 each

Playing above 1st octave-immediate dismissal

Dragging fast tempo - $75

Dragging ballad tempo - $100

Blacking out during ballad - $200

Ignoring drummer's tempo - $100

Following drummer's tempo - $250

Asking to borrow Real Book for All Of Me - $1000

Upright player offenses:

Showing up before first downbeat - $25

Playing audibly - $25

Faking changes - $25

Slapping - $150

Missing tutti lick, then mentioning bass vintage - $25

Excessive sweating - $25

Pedal point double-stops during horn solo - $50

Asking leader for a solo - $30

Accepting solo when offered - $50

Taking second chorus - $100

Playing solo arco - $400

Pretending to check tuning after playing out of tune - $25

Playing "A Train" ending on every tune - $200

Playing extended "A Train" ending on every tune - $500

Electric player offenses:

Checking hair between tunes - $15

Experimenting with odd meters - $25

Missing root at end of blistering fill - $25

Playing with a pick - $50

Tuning during ballad - $30

Playing Jaco groove on samba - $75

Playing Jaco samba groove on ballad - $150

Attempting last word on final chord - $50

Achieving last word on final chord - $100

Long gliss down to final note - $200

Equipment violations-electric:

Forgetting strap - $10

Changing strings after every set - $15

Using electric tuner - $15

Setting up mic "just in case" - $75

Forgetting to turn amp on - $40

Bringing amp larger than 1 person can carry in 1 trip - $50

Asking horn player for help moving amp - $25

Bringing custom-made bass - $10! 0 per string above 4

Bringing more than 1 bass - $100 per extra bass

Skull decals on bass - $150

Bringing fretless bass - $500

Criminal bad taste:

Telling bone player about all the gigs you get - $10

Asking bone player about their day gig - $10

Sitting behind drums on break - $10

Quoting "Birdland" - $25

Practicing scales during break - $25

Practicing scales during drum solo - $50

Practicing - $150

Beginning a sentence with "When I was a guitar

player" - $50

Casually mentioning to Musical Director of cheap

theater that you are "into sequencing" - $100

Bassic stupidity:

Wearing old Buddy Rich tour shirt - $10

Wearing new Whitesnake tour shirt - $20

Asking when the rock set starts - $20

Continually asking "where are we?" - $25

[Harold_Z]

I resemble that remark.

[Jazz Kat]

I like the writing the name of the notes below the staff. That's most common.