Other factors do exist, including that I am 50 years old and not 25 or 30. I look nice, tho' I have a slight weight problem that is very persistent despite efforts at diet and exercise improvements (I was a yo-yo dieter for many years and my body now attempts to stay the same way, at a weight it seems to prefer, which is 45 lbs. over - no matter what efforts I make, or don't make). Physical appearance aside, it's the mistakes I've made in my dealings with many musician colleagues that I don't know how to rectify: 'pushing' colleagues to try and get them to tell me why they think I don't get called for more gigs, and/or asking them 'point-blank 'why they pass me over for gigs. I play almost 800 songs by memory in any key without music (many American Songbook standards and jazz standards; & some favorite pop/easy listening tunes), improvise, & sing well, and am a good sight-reader & accompanist, too. Now...many got "turned off" and thus don't call me, despite my good skills. Help!!!
2006-09-11
10:49:37
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Nina
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