David Freeman Music

Monday-Sunday, Sept 12-18: Kennesaw, GA. I played another KSU musical, this time on piccolo, flute, alto flute, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, and alto saxophone. Quite a spread! Here's a funny story about this show, especially in light of my previous post about joining the musician's union. I got a text one morning from a friend/union rep, saying "Hey, KSU is looking for musicians and the money is awful. Please consider not taking this gig! If we all say no, they'll pay us decent money." Late that afternoon, whomever was doing the contracting finally worked their way down their list to me. The money had gone up, though! Interesting...anyway. I checked my calendar, and I could do everything the week of the shows, so I accepted, and they were cool with me missing a couple of preliminary rehearsals because I was out of town.  A few thoughts about this messy moment in freelance music: 1. I wonder how many people said no before they got to me (I know of a couple), and amu...

Here comes a long post! The back half of the Yacht Rock tour was relentless, and there was never any time to stop and figure out what just happened. We had days off and days at home, but it was really only enough time to grab some clean underwear and print more setlists.  Thursday, July 28: Lexington, KY. We've played here maybe twice before, and I don't know how anyone here knows about us, but we sold this show out, and they gave us several bottles of bourbon.  Small stage, small backstage. Sounds fine, though. Our hotel rooms had big, weird jacuzzi tubs. Here's mine with a size 11 shoe in the middle for scale. Also, it was pretty deep, so getting in and out was not the easiest! Who needs this in a basic hotel like the one we were in? Friday, July 29: Chattanooga, TN. Five or six hours in the van. I ate a can of chili beans, cold, out of a can at a rest stop in order to win $5 from Zach. This place has a much more comfortable backstage/green room situation.  Big stage,...