Trumpet Crimes


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MUSICAL OFFENSE

FINE

Playing highest note possible in warm- up
Sound-checking mic with obnoxious jazz licks
Raising hand after mistake
Practicing multiple tonguing not called for on gig
Blacking out after high note
Obnoxiously show-offy warm-up
Taking tuning note up an octave
Vibrato on unison passage
Failure to use 3rd valve slide
Playing B-flat when band tunes to A
Being told by conductor to play louder
Failure to swing
$100
$15
$15
$15
$20
$25
$25
$50
$50
$75
$400
$1000

LEAD PLAYERS

Changing mouthpieces mid-song
Faking section into early entrance
Faking self into early entrances
Missing high lick, then mentioning previous gig(s)
Asking conductor if it's ok to take a lick up
Asking conductor if it's ok to take a lick down
Taking a lick down that you took up in rehearsal
Missing last note of "In the Mood"

$10
$20
$25
$25
$400
$100
$200

SECTION/NON-LEAD PLAYERS

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

EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS

Playing with screw on rim
Polishing horn on stage
Dropping mute
Dropping horn
Dropping dead
Forgetting pencil
Forgetting mute(s)
Forgetting bowtie or socks
Forgetting mouthpiece
Forgetting magazine
Blaming mistake on sticky valves
Getting marble or similar object stuck down bell
$10
$15
$10
repairs + $20
Warning
$20
$50/ Each
$30
$30
$100
$25
$75

CRIMINAL BAD TASTE

Having nicest gig-bag in section
Talking about the great deal you got on a new horn
Hawking old horn on bandstand
Quoting Herb Alpert or Mangione Song
Farting on bandstand
Defecating on bandstand
Practicing legit style on swing gig
Discussing how plentiful gigs were in the old days
Beginning a sentence with "When I played for Kenton..."
Casually mentioning to Musical Director of cheap theater that you also play keyboards
$10
$10
$10
$25
$25
$75
$35
$50
$50
$100

BASIC STUPIDITY

Wearing old MF tour shirt
Wearing new MF tour shirt
Playing on a Jet-tone mouthpiece
Continually asking "where are we?"
Drunkenness on stage
Stoned on stage
Pretending to be friends with a bone player
Actually being friends with a bone player
Dating a bone player
Loaning money to bone player
Sitting next to conductor at meals
$15
$25
$20
$25
$25
$50
$50
$200
$750
4x amount loaned
$100


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