No business like show business
Warning: Rant

You know that actor's mantra 'never work with children or animals'?

The musician's is simpler - 'conductors'.

Overpaid, pompous arseholes.

They call themselves 'maestro'. 'Master'.

Master.

Right.

Master-beaters, the lot of them.
(roysin, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 11:53, 5 replies)

Not so much a rant as a brief wibble
but very, very true.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 13:18, closed)

Amazing how
bad things get without them though.

That's not to say you're wrong. A 'nice' MD is very rare.
(username failed moderation, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 13:26, closed)

They may be pompous
but a good one can work magic, and overall I prefer music with one that without.
(Smale is stuffed, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 13:33, closed)

Why is a conductor like a condom?
It's safer with, but more fun without
(Duckeee Is nothing special, in fact, she's a bit of a bore, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 19:04, closed)

Also . . .
They require the band to be upstanding as they take to the orchestra pit.

They also have a habit of falling to pieces at the most inconvenient time, resulting in the band having to pull out.

They will complain that they are being overstretched.
(username failed moderation, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 9:55, closed)