Bass player offenses/fines list Name of offender _____________________________ Date of offense(s) _____ / _____ / _______ 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 player offenses 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 offered $50 Taking second chorus $100 Playing solo arco $400 Pretending to check tuning after playing out of tune $25 Playing "A Train" ending on every tune $200 Playing extended "A Train" ending on every tune $500 Electric player offenses 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 violationselectric 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 cellphone call during 4's $100
