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Gig Rules, Citations and Infractions Fines For Trumpet Players
DRUMMER OFFENSES
BASS OFFENSES
TRUMPET INFRACTIONS
MUSICAL OFFENSES:
[ ] Playing highest note possible in warm- up-$100
[ ] Sound-checking micwith obnoxious jazz licks-$15
[ ] Raising hand after mistake-$15
[ ] Practicing multiple tongueingnot called for on gig-$15
[ ] Blacking out after high note-$20
[ ] Obnoxiously show-offywarm-up-$25
[ ] Taking tuning note up an octave-$25
[ ] Vibrato on unison passage-$50
[ ] Failure to use 3rd valve slide-$50
[ ] Playing B-flat when band tunes to A-$75
[ ] Being told by conductor to play louder-$400
[ ] Failure to swing-$1000

LEAD PLAYERS:
[ ] Changing mouthpieces mid-song-$15
[ ] Faking section into early entrance-$10
[ ] Faking self into early entrances-$50
[ ] Missing high lick, then mentioning previous gig(s)-$25
[ ] Asking conductor if it's OK to take a lick up-$25
[ ] Asking conductor if it's OK to take a lick down-$400
[ ] Taking a lick down that you took up in rehearsal-$100
[ ] Missing last note of "In the Mood"-$200

SECTION/NON-LEAD PLAYERS:
[ ] Missing entrance when lead drops out-$15
[ ] Pointing out to the lead that guy on the record took that last lick
up -$20
[ ] Attempting unassigned lick biffed by lead-$50
[ ] Asking lead what mouthpiece he uses-$75
[ ] Hanging over past lead on last chord-$100
[ ] Attempting to out-screech lead on last chord-$100
[ ] Successfully out-screeching lead at any time-$500

EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS:
[ ] Playing with screw on rim-$10
[ ] Polishing horn on stage-$15
[ ] Dropping mute-$10
[ ] Dropping horn-Repairs + $20
[ ] Dropping Dead-Warning
[ ] Forgetting pencil-$20
[ ] Forgetting Mute(s)-Each $50
[ ] Forgetting Bow-Tie or socks-$30
[ ] Forgetting Mouthpiece- $30
[ ] Forgetting Mags-$100
[ ] Blaming mistake on sticky valves-$25
[ ] Getting marble or similar object stuck down bell-$750

CRIMINAL BAD TASTE:
[ ] Having nicest gig-bag in section-$10
[ ] Talking about the great deal you got on a new horn-$10
[ ] Hawking old horn on Bandstand-$10
[ ] Quoting Herb Alpert or MangioneSong-$250
[ ] Farting on bandstand-$25
[ ] Defecating on bandstand-$75
[ ] Practicing legit style on swing gig- $35
[ ] Discussing how plentiful gigs were in the old days-$50
[ ] Beginning a sentence with "when I played for Kenton"-$50
[ ] Casually mentioning to Musical Director of cheap theater that you also
play Keyboards-$100

BASIC STUPIDITY
[ ] Wearing old MF tour shirt-$15
[ ] Wearing new MF tour shirt-$25
[ ] Playing on a Jet-tone mouthpiece-$20
[ ] Continually asking "where are we?"-$25
[ ] Drunkenness on stage-$25
[ ] Stonedness on stage-$50
[ ] Sobriety on stage-$75
[ ] Pretending to be friends with a bone player-$50
[ ] Actually being friends with a bone player-$200
[ ] Dating a bone player- $7500
[ ] Loaning money to bone player-4x amount loaned
[ ] Sitting next to conductor at meals-$100

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