LEAD PLAYERS |
Changing mouthpiece mid song | $15 |
Missing high lick, then mentioning previous gig(s) that day | $25 |
Faking section into early entrance | $25 |
Faking self into early entrance | $50 |
Asking Conductor if it's OK to take this lick up | $50 |
Asking Conductor if it's OK to take this lick down | $100 |
Taking lick down on gig that you took up in rehearsal | $100 |
Missing last note of "In the Mood" | $230 |
NON-LEAD PLAYERS |
Hanging over past lead player on last cord | $50 |
Attempting unassigned high lick lead player biffs | $75 |
Asking lead player what mouthpiece he uses | $75 |
Attempting to out-screech lead player on last cord | $125 |
Successfully out-screeching lead player at any time | $500 |
CRIMINAL BAD TASTE |
Quoting Herb Albert or Chuck Mangione song | $25 |
Continuously asking "where are we?" | $25 |
Talking about a great deal on a new horn | $25 |
Hawking old horn on bandstand | $25 |
Having a nicer gig bag than the rest of section | $50 |
Beginning sentence with "When I played for Kenton.." | $250 |
BASIC STUPIDITY |
Drunkenness on gig | $25 |
Stoned ness on gig | $50 |
Sobriety on gig | $75 |
Sitting next to conductor at pre/post-gig meal | $130 |
Pretending to be friends with Bone players | $25 |
Actually being friends with Bone players | $50 |
Dating Bone player | $75 |
Loaning money to Bone player | amount loaned |
Wearing old Maynard Ferguson tour shirt | $50 |
Wearing new Maynard Ferguson tour shirt | $325 |
MISC. |
Vibrato on unison passage | $25 |
Obnoxiously show-offy warm up | $35 |
Playing highest note possible during warm up | $40 |
Taking tuning note up octave | $50 |
Playing B-flat when band tunes on A | $75 |
Blacking out after high note | $100 |
Being told by conductor to play louder | $250 |
Dropping mute | $25 |
Dropping horn ----- cost of repair plus ----- | $50 |
Dropping dead | warning |
Blaming mistake on sticky valve | $150 |
Sound checking section mic with obnoxious jazz licks | $50 |
Raising hand after making mistake | $25 |
Practicing multiple-tonguing not called for on gig | $50 |
Failure to Swing | $1,000 |