Ask a cruise ship musician anything...

[paulguitar]

Bandwagon, etc.....


Fire away....

[V8 FOU]

Is it really worth it?
You get a fee, I guess, but do you have to pay for food, drink, wes,etc?

Do you need a bass player?!!

[mr_spock]

Do you need to read dots, or are chord charts good enough?

[cuprabob]

Do you take advantage of the wealthy old widows on the cruise ship?

[MDMA .]

Are you not bored of all the other "ask a ........" threads?

[kiethton]

cuprabob said:

Do you take advantage of the wealthy old widows on the cruise ship?

Or even better the young attractive staff members?

Are the rumours of staff orgys true?

[paulguitar]

V8 FOU said:

Is it really worth it?
You get a fee, I guess, but do you have to pay for food, drink, wes,etc?

Do you need a bass player?!!

Everything is free except alcohol and internet, basically. The latter is my worst expense! No paying for wes as I am happily in a relationship.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Anyone else play your "organ"?

[paulguitar]

mr_spock said:

Do you need to read dots, or are chord charts good enough?

I am a soloist, no reading necessary, however the show band players need to be good sight readers.

[paulguitar]

cuprabob said:

Do you take advantage of the wealthy old widows on the cruise ship?

Have never done so, no! Some do, I would think.

[paulguitar]

MDMA . said:

Are you not bored of all the other "ask a ........" threads?

I just read the stuff I find interesting, so no.

[paulguitar]

kiethton said:

cuprabob said:

Do you take advantage of the wealthy old widows on the cruise ship?

Or even better the young attractive staff members?

Are the rumours of staff orgys true?

I think there is a lot of exaggeration. There is a fair bit of partying amongst the crew, but since they mostly work 10 hours per day, 7 days per week, on the whole most of them are permanently exhausted. I am fortunate as I tend to get a night off once a week and the gig is around 3 hours per day.

[V8 FOU]

So what is a typical fee per month/trip etc?

[whoami]

Which cruise line do you work for?

[mr_spock]

paulguitar said:

mr_spock said:

Do you need to read dots, or are chord charts good enough?

I am a soloist, no reading necessary, however the show band players need to be good sight readers.

So, as a soloist, how much repertoire do you need to be able to play that often, for that length of time? Sounds like 18 hours a week...Singing too?

[FWIW]

Where is the thinnest part of the hull on your ship?

[magooagain]

What instrument do you play on your boat?

[EddyBee]

If the Ship hit an Icebreg and was sinking would you stand on the deck and play for everyone getting in the (limited) life boats?

[ApOrbital]

How long is your oboe?

What do you play?

Where do you go?

What is the name of the ship so we can track you ?

[Oakey]

Is this where you pictured yourself when you started your musical career?