[Harp-L] RE: Harp-L Digest, Vol 82, Issue 13

["Bill Kumpe" <bkumpe@xxxxxxx>]

"Aongus Mac Cana" said:  A safe rule is never to do it unless invited. This
applies to all instruments.

IMHO that is a good rule of universal application.  I do not define a gig as
"a jam" to start with.  Gigging pros make their living at these gigs and I
would no more ask to join in than I would walk into a dentist's office and
ask to start drilling teeth.  Making a living as a musician is hard enough
without some beginner or no talent jerk trying to horn in.  (And don't even
get me started on "Gussers.")  In our little world, everybody knows who
everybody else is.  If they want you up there, they'll ask.  If they don't,
you don't want to be there anyway.  My two cents.

Bill Kumpe
Tulsa, OK