Solo Musical Instrument ClichesThis kept me awake last night.
Saxophonists have it easy.
* If someone wants to look all moody and deep with an electric guitar they have to go out onto a rock outcrop in the desert with a big swirly coat and hire a helicopter to swoop around them filming.
* If a pianist wants to look all moody and deep, they have to upgrade to a grand, don a white suit and find a big room with long white curtains blowing in the wind.
* If a drummer wants to look moody and deep, they may not have to go anywhere special, but they do have to destroy most of their kit and put their foot through the kick drum, which ain't cheap.
But if a saxophonist wants to look all moody and deep they just have to sit on their window sill opposite the late night chinese with the dodgy neon sign.
It ain't fair I tell you.
(Saxophonists have it easy.
* If someone wants to look all moody and deep with an electric guitar they have to go out onto a rock outcrop in the desert with a big swirly coat and hire a helicopter to swoop around them filming.
* If a pianist wants to look all moody and deep, they have to upgrade to a grand, don a white suit and find a big room with long white curtains blowing in the wind.
* If a drummer wants to look moody and deep, they may not have to go anywhere special, but they do have to destroy most of their kit and put their foot through the kick drum, which ain't cheap.
But if a saxophonist wants to look all moody and deep they just have to sit on their window sill opposite the late night chinese with the dodgy neon sign.
It ain't fair I tell you.
chthonic,
Tue 19 Feb 2002, 6:28,
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