My Job Sucks!

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Sunday Sep 03, 2006

This is all I get for a week here in Elko...

HAHAHAhAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!

There's nothing better to do here tho...boring ass place...

tonefight · Post by **tonefight** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

I think I speak for all of us here in Pa when I say............ Fuck You Rob

of course you know I'm just kidding right ?

Good Deal

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

And you say there's really nothing else to do there???? Are you crazy!?!?! Do you have any idea how many hookers that could buy?!?

(Probably like 1.5!)

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

[quote="tonefight"]I think I speak for all of us here in Pa when I say............ Fuck You Rob

well said tonefight

YankeeRose · Post by **YankeeRose** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

Still, money isn't all there is in life. As long as you're HAPPY! ...and know that you are missed.

SpellboundByMetal · Post by **SpellboundByMetal** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

awesome rob!!

yeah, money isnt all there is in life...but its a damn good start!

must be great to get paid that much to play!!! even if you gotta play crap...it almost seems worth it!!!

Killjingle · Post by **Killjingle** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

careful Rob,

your comments could be construed as insulting. It is cool u are getting to do what u love and get paid well for it, but there is a fine line to the working man/band on the discussion of money.

Keep on rockin'

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

I had a ten paragraph diatribe on playing, uh, crap, but I'll let it go. Good on ya, Rob, but be careful flashing cash. Here's some advice:
NEVER talk money with anyone who isn't laying it in your hand. Why not? Your brother-in-law could use a loan, your mom wants you to bank it, the music store guy wants you to buy more gear, your bandmates feel they deserve a bigger cut, your landlord can get more for your apartment, that shady looking bar patron saw you get a handful of Benjamins and knows where you parked your truck, the cops think you got it selling meth, the girl you just met thinks you could be a wonderful provider for her children, and on, and on. Oh, most importantly, the Eye-Are-Ess doesn't like you having cash at ALL, because it's too difficult to get their chunk of it.
By the way, can you float a brutha a loan? I really, really need a new kayak, the old ones are dirty.

----->JMS

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

Damn it, I enjoy your diatribes Johnny! Good call on flashing the bills though. I don't like to make "The Circle" at the end of the night until most of the patrons are out of the bar. You never know who is up to what. Though we usually have mics/stands provided by soundguys, but when we don't, I use a stand with the round metal bases...and there's a reason why I use that particular stand.

Larry · Post by **Larry** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

Plus, you don't want the taxman to know what you got.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

tonefight wrote:I think I speak for all of us here in Pa when I say............ Fuck You Rob

of course you know I'm just kidding right ?

Good Deal

Not all of us Tony.

I might be impressed if he were to save all of it every week for 1100 weeks.

Keep up the good work, Rob...(and you might want to keep a lower financial profile).

Killjingle · Post by **Killjingle** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

I might be impressed if he were to save all of it every week for 1100 weeks.

I agree... and this backs up my thought process. Never brag bout the financial end, its expected you moved halfway across the country to make better cash...

...dont take what I say as uncomplimentary; just dont flaunt what some ppl hold so precious and may need so dearly...u r too nice a guy to have ppl dissin u for all the wrong reasons

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

I know it does come off as a brash move, but I am really happy to be able to do what I love for a living. Sorry if I come off as a jerk! Everyone knows how I am and I thought it would be funny. If I thought it was a bad move, I wouldn't have posted! Anyway, I don't discuss it with my band mates, we all get paid well for what we do. And Johnny, sorry man, can't get you a Kayak.

PanzerFaust · Post by **PanzerFaust** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

I just forwarded your post to my friend that works in the IRS Reno division and he should be calling you shortly to discuss this income source....

haha... Enjoy the $$ while it's coming the money tree always seems to go sour eventually

drums=life · Post by **drums=life** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

Thats kool man that your makin some cake out there, but you couldnt pay me enough to play mearl haggert all week long , god job though

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

Right now I can hear the screams from all the Rockpagers who have been posting about how they play for the love of it and the money doesn't matter.

Way to go, Rob. I don't make as much as that a week, but I'm still swimming in my now heated pool whilst the working stiffs go about their daily grind.

Keep it up, brotha.

The Shadow · Post by **The Shadow** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

How much did you put in your annuity,401k,IRA,etc this week???
You dont want to end up like one of the old has beens thats slogging
around town in their mid..... trying to get by because they don't have anything to fall back on. I dont know the first thing about ,nor do I
care about what you do with your $$$ I'm just saying THINK.

Plastered Bastards · Post by **Plastered Bastards** » Monday Sep 04, 2006

Think about the hookers and blow you can buy.
I know that's what I would do.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Tuesday Sep 05, 2006

ImFedUp wrote:Thats kool man that your makin some cake out there, but you couldnt pay me enough to play mearl haggert all week long , god job though

Merle Haggard is acutually suprisingly fun to play. All of the country stuff is a blast. We really funk it out and put our own touch on it. The musicality involved in some of that stuff is tremendous. Like on The Chair, a George Strait tune, Skippy uses a volume pedal and bends- sounds just like a steel guitar. Its fun to sit back and groove, listen to what's goin on around me and enjoy the moment.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Tuesday Sep 05, 2006

RobTheDrummer wrote: And Johnny, sorry man, can't get you a Kayak.

Then you just suck. And your guitarist, Snarfy, sucks because he doesn't cascade gain stage over gain stage until everythings nice and buzzy, then suck out everything between 200 Hz and 6kHz.

Besides, I can't come to Reno to pick up a kayak. I shot a man there. Just to watch him die.
Now, THAT'S metal.

---------->JMS

Trucula · Post by **Trucula** » Tuesday Sep 05, 2006

Nice job Rob!!!

Now you can buy some sheets for the bed!!!

(you can tell your from PA.....you have your money laying on your bank!!)

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Tuesday Sep 05, 2006

$100 bills on a sheetless bed... man, that's sooooo Nevada, right there.---------->JMS

SpellboundByMetal · Post by **SpellboundByMetal** » Tuesday Sep 05, 2006

ummm i think thats a cover on a hotel bed, hahaha.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Tuesday Sep 05, 2006

The Shadow wrote:How much did you put in your annuity,401k,IRA,etc this week???
You dont want to end up like one of the old has beens thats slogging
around town in their mid..... trying to get by because they don't have anything to fall back on. I dont know the first thing about ,nor do I
care about what you do with your $$$ I'm just saying THINK.

Very wise words. If I were in your position Rob, I'd invest some money for the future, and I'd also look into an affordable health insurance plan.