I play the accordion. In a band.<\/p>\n
Yes, I’ve heard all the jokes:<\/p>\n
“definition of perfect pitch?”<\/p>\n
(accordion tossed into a dumpster)<\/p>\n
“don’t leave your accordion in the car”<\/p>\n
(someone will break in and leave another one)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Whatever.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
My friend who is also a musician tells me:<\/p>\n
“You can make hundreds of dollars doing this. Hundreds.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And I have.<\/p>\n
Splitting up the proceeds of the tip jar, walking away<\/p>\n
with 20 1-dollar bills and a beer buzz.<\/p>\n
Playing for $500, playing for $350,<\/p>\n
playing for drinks, for dinner, for “exposure”…<\/p>\n
My bandmate says,<\/p>\n
“Enough with the exposure already. If we get any more exposure,<\/p>\n
we’ll be rated X.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But there was that one time 15 years ago in San Juan Capistrano<\/p>\n
where we made $950 in CD sales.<\/p>\n
Someone brings it up every time we’re driving home<\/p>\n
from Pasadena, from West Covina, from Fresno, from Portland.<\/p>\n
“Remember that time we made all that money?”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There are lots of stories like that one.<\/p>\n
Okay. Not lots. A few.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It’s good enough.<\/p>\n
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