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