Always on stage but never the star.
The plight of the hired musician. The sideman blues.
It’s fun to get hired. Partly because it means you’ll get paid. But if you’re hired onto someone else’s gig…you’re helping to build someone else’s gig. It’s fun to cash the check…but the person writing the check is on a different course than the sideman.
But if you’re hired onto someone else’s gig…you can take it upon yourself to make it the best it can be, to make the artist look like a genius for hiring you, to contribute something extra special…more than just being a hired gun.
»» Shout out to Sadler for this one.
