So here I am, just about five months into my contract, and doing my first transatlantic crossing. They have warned us to make sure we have ways to kill time because of the amount of boredom on sea days. For most departments, sea days are…
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What kind of amps have you seen bass players use? I was thinking of using my Acoustic Image Clarus with a Markbass Traveler 102P. Small and light is good, right? Would a 2×10 bass cab…
Dave was right.
It’s the second day of this cruise, and we are already seeing improvements. The old MD is back, and H. is a lowly sax player again, and nothing more. The one thing we aren’t happy about now, is that H. got away…
GhostWriter is working in the show band on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. A few weeks ago he had some trouble with his bass and writes us today with some tips on musical instrument maintenance and repair. This is great information! ~ Dave
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Right now we are leaving Kusadasi and heading towards Rhodes. Tonight is a show that’s done every cruise, either after leaving Kusadasi on the 10 day cruise, or the night we are in port at Istanbul on the 11 day cruise.
Besides the “Welcome Aboard”…
The Inner Game of Tennis…
By W. Timothy Gallwey
This book was very helpful to me. This book, along with Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner, was required for a class all freshmen in the tuba studio at FSU were required to take their first semester,
On Sunday afternoon, I made it to Rome. I was to meet with my ship in Civitavecchia the next morning.
I was put up by the company in the Airport Hilton, which, what they told me, was only a five minute walk away. Well, yeah,…
So, I really wanted to write about the positive aspects of being a cruise ship musician. So far, I can’t. I just finished my first cruise. It was really rough. This isn’t to discourage anybody from taking such a gig, but I do want to…
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