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NAME OF OFFENDER (Bass
Player)
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INFRACTION
DATE
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MUSICAL OFFENSES
[ ] Playing loudly during warm up
$10 [ ] Sound-checking amp
with funk slapping $25 [ ] Loud
cursing after mistake
$10 [ ] Playing high and fast after
mistake $20 [ ] Practicing
2-handed tapping between tunes $20 [
] Asking for "E" tuning note
$25 [ ] Playing E anyway when
horns tune to Bb $50 [ ] Playing
written-out walking line $50
[ ] Failure to play written walking line
$75 [ ] Writing note names over
ledger-line notes $50 [ ] Writing
beat numbers under dotted figures
$50 [ ] Playing eighth notes
$5 each [ ] Playing
sixteenth notes $10
each [ ] Playing above 1st octave
immediate dismissal [ ]
Dragging fast tempo
$75 [ ] Dragging ballad tempo
$100 [ ] Blacking
out during ballad $200
[ ] Ignoring drummer's tempo
$100 [ ] Following drummer's
tempo $250 [ ]
Asking to borrow Real Book for All Of Me
$1000
UPRIGHT PLAYERS
[ ] Showing up before first downbeat
$25
[ ] Playing audibly
$25
[ ] Faking changes
$25
[ ] Slapping
$150
[ ] Missing tutti lick, then mentioning
vintage of bass
$25
[ ] Excessive sweating
$25
[ ] Pedal point double-stops during horn
solo $50
[ ] Asking leader for a solo
$30
[ ] Accepting solo when offerred
$50
[ ] Taking second chorus
$100
[ ] Playing solo arco
$400
[ ] Pretending to check tuning after
playing out of tune $100
[ ] Playing "A Train" ending on every
tune $200
[ ] Playing extended "A Train" ending on
every tune $500
ELECTRIC PLAYERS
[ ] Checking hair between tunes
$15
[ ] Experimenting with odd meters
$25
[ ] Missing root at end of blistering
fill $25
[ ] Playing with a pick
$50
[ ] Tuning during ballad
$30
[ ] Playing Jaco groove on samba
$75
[ ] Playing Jaco samba groove on ballad
$150
[ ] Attempting last word on final chord
$50
[ ] Achieving last word on final chord
$100
[ ] Long gliss down to final note
$200
EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS -
ELECTRIC
[ ] Forgetting strap
$10 [ ] Changing strings after
every set $15 [ ] Using
electric tuner $15
[ ] Setting up mic "just in case"
$75 [ ] Forgetting to turn amp on
$40 [ ] Bringing amp
larger than 1 person can carry in 1 trip
$50 [ ] Asking horn player for
help moving amp $25 [ ] Bringing
custom-made bass $100 per string
above 4 [ ] Bringing more than 1
bass $100 per extra bass [ ]
Skull decals on bass
$150 [ ] Bringing fretless bass
$500
CRIMINAL BAD TASTE
[ ] Telling bone player about all the
gigs you get $10 [ ] Asking
bone player about their day gig $10
[ ] Sitting behind drums on break
$10 [ ] Quoting "Birdland"
$25 [ ] Practicing
scales during break $25 [ ]
Practicing scales during drum solo
$50 [ ] Practicing
$150 [ ] Beginning a
sentence with "When I was a guitar
player..." $50 [ ] Casually
mentioning to Musical Director of cheap
theater that you are "into sequencing"
$100
BASIC STUPIDITY
[ ] Wearing old Buddy Rich tour shirt
$10
[ ] Wearing new Whitesnake tour shirt
$20
[ ] Asking when the rock set starts
$20
[ ] Continually asking "where are we?"
$25
[ ] Continually shouting "Yeah!"
$25
[ ] Asking bone player where "1" is
$50
[ ] Taking cell phone call during 4's
$100