[Dixielandjazz] The beat of a different drummer

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Dats vedddy veddy intresting but still veddy veddy stupid !!

He must have a lot of money saved, or a trust fund to live on, or an 
overwhelming desire to be divorced and die homeless :))

But look at the bright side, that makes more money for the roadies and 
the guitar players in the band to have a retired Pro working for chump 
change money.   Someting is definitely wrong vit dis piture me theenks 
!!   Ahhh I know vat it is, he joined da IAJE and got the divine call 
to be a teacher.

I tink he has lost hees mind or soon will.   Maybe he got tired of 
having to spell percussionist and explaining to people what he did so 
decided to just be a regular old drummer and indeed march to a 
different beat, or it could just be the grade of hemp he smokes in the 
midwest, I hear that Buffalo fertilizer they use out there will make 
you crazy.


Tom "Old Rocker" who vill be glad to take his old job for a year or 
two, vat the hell he probably only had to play 200 or 300 notes a year. 
:))




-----Original Message-----
From: barbonestreet at earthlink.net
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 8:04 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The beat of a different drummer

    Too good not to post, though not OKOM. Here is one of the TOP 
percussionists
in the world, leaving the Chicago Symphony to play . . . GASP/CHOKE  R 
& R.

Like we always say, Them scraggly Rock & Rock Musos suck big time. :-) 
VBG.

If anyone wants the full article, write me off list. It is an 
interesting
story of a man who gave up a secure  $140,000 a year + first class 
expenses
to earn about $45,000 through Rock & Roll club dates and teaching.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone


>From Lead Percussionist to Different Drummer

NY TIMES - By DANIEL J. WAKIN - February 6, 2007

CHICAGO ‹ As the principal percussionist of the Chicago Symphony 
Orchestra,
Ted Atkatz had reached a pinnacle in his profession.

He had tenure in one of the world¹s great musical institutions, with a 
fat
salary and benefits. Stagehands set up his battery of instruments. 
Touring
meant luxury hotels and per diems. And he had, just as precious, the 
respect
of the percussion world, a singularly obsessive group of musicians who 
play
the triangle, the bass drum and everything between.

But in May, Mr. Atkatz pulled a modern-day Don Quixote. He quit his job 
to
devote himself full time to his alternative rock band. He now plays in
joints across the Midwest, sometimes performing for the bartender or, 
on a
good night, several hundred people. Orchestra Hall? Carnegie Hall? The
Musikverein in Vienna? Forget it. Try the Mousetrap in Eau Claire, 
Wis., or
Beaner¹s Central in Duluth, Minn.

Mr. Atkatz says he doesn¹t regret his decision. ³I wanted to make sure 
that
every time I played, I wanted to be passionate about it,² he said. 
³Based on
that criterion, it was a no-brainer.² . . . snipped for brevity


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