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Ace-o London band need singing trumpeter

Guthrie [Edit] [Delete] 59 replies 21:26, 31 October '07

No, really.

The Display Team (www.thedisplayteam.com) suddenly need a versatile trumpeter unafraid to punk it, ska it, prog it and do our bidding in general. The ability to sing is a big plus and having some keyboard skills would be welcome but not essential. Go on, give us a listen - we need to record an album soon, go on tour early next year and have fun times in the interim. I said RIM.

Please, people, don't make me humiliate myself for two and a half years. Again.

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what biddings exactly ?

Not that I can play trumpet or sing, but that might be important to pontentail candidate...

lyle | 31 Oct '07, 21:53 | X
- We're still drawing up that list.
  
  So far we want back-rubs, carriage of heavy equipment, encryption of banal lyrics and some rudimentary culinary skills. Mine's a veggie shepherd's pie. Begin.
  
  Guthrie @lyle | 1 Nov '07, 20:29 | X
  - Hi.
    
    We're still looking. Yes, it may take a while. Hey, if YOU know a trumpeter who isn't afraid to put their popularity on the line, please put them in touch with London's least-fashionable band. Cheers.
    
    Guthrie @Guthrie | 8 Nov '07, 20:08 | X
I'm grade 8 trumpet

and can sing.

But I'm busy with my band.

So I'm really just showing off RLY

ehwhat | 8 Nov '07, 20:11 | X
- You whorebag.
  
  Fuck your band. Join my band. Who is your band? Fuck your band.
  
  Guthrie @ehwhat | 9 Nov '07, 17:50 | X
  - he sucks on trumpet
    
    dont listen to him
    
    meths @Guthrie | 3 Jan '08, 21:50 | X
    - well
      
      you're supposed to blow into a trumpet for starters so sucking's not going to get you anywhere...<laughs at own joke tee hee>
      
      AngieWaa @meths | 10 Jan '08, 08:19 | X
I'm still looking...

...you will be startled to learn. I have a feeling I may have a very, very long wait for a positive reply to this one.

By the way, if anyone would like to see the band before the trumpeter leaves, we're playing at Cargo, Shoreditch, on Wednesday 28th of November - flyer here:
http://a819.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/8/l_4b1b6bdea65aabf93b7982d001e155f2.jpg

I'll probably have an even longer wait before anyone gives a shit about that.

Guthrie | 21 Nov '07, 00:16 | X
- Whoops.
  
  The gig's actually on the 27th, trumpeters.
  
  Phew! Close call!
  
  Guthrie @Guthrie | 22 Nov '07, 22:29 | X
  - I'm not joking, you know.
    
    We really do need a trumpeter. Backing vocals are a plus. Not getting drunk and attacking other members of the band wins you a GOLD STAR!
    
    Guthrie @Guthrie | 29 Nov '07, 23:46 | X
    - Please...
      
      ...I'm already close to tears. If you've so much as sniffed someone who heard of a dog that pissed up the side of a house where someone once mis-spelt the name of the cousin of a person who looked a bit like an infant's crayon drawing of a banana that a passer-by mistook for a trumpet, please get in touch. We like Cardiacs, Mr. Bungle, Mad Caddies, NOFX, The Mars Volta, Frank Zappa and Greek wedding music. Join in.
      
      Thanks.
      
      Guthrie @Guthrie | 9 Dec '07, 19:49 | X
      - HAHAHA
        
        I laughed so much I nearly cried. I can't believe your search for musicians will ever end. I am a dab hand with a kazoo if you get stuck. What are you going to do about your brighton and london gigs on the 1st/2nd Feb? Have you found a trumpeter yet?
        
        AngieWaa @Guthrie | 2 Jan '08, 20:44 | X
        
        You had to ask, didn't you?
        
        No, we HAVEN'T. Damn you to hell.
        
        Guthrie @AngieWaa | 2 Jan '08, 21:05 | X
        
        that's weird
        
        I'm coming to see your band play on the 2nd!
        
        AngieWaa @Guthrie | 2 Jan '08, 21:09 | X
        
        of feb
        
        obviously not today!
        
        AngieWaa @AngieWaa | 2 Jan '08, 21:17 | X
        
        We're going to enlist a temporary saxophonist.
        
        He's like an imaginary friend: he only exists when we need him.
        
        WE STILL REALLY WANT A TRUMPETER, THOUGH, FOLKS
        
        Guthrie @AngieWaa | 3 Jan '08, 19:44 | X
        
        I saw fiddler on the roof last night..
        
        there was a trumpeter in the pit. Ask him he was good, he didn't sing though.
        
        AngieWaa @Guthrie | 5 Jan '08, 11:55 | X
        
        so people know what's required
        
        thought this might help your quest
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF3bni40IEc&feature=related
        
        AngieWaa @AngieWaa | 6 Jan '08, 16:08 | X
        
        this may also help
        
        http://www.myspace.com/thedisplayteam
        
        AngieWaa @AngieWaa | 30 Jan '08, 21:25 | X
I think the idea

is you alternate, not do them both at once.

AngieWaa @AdamShankly | 14 Jan '08, 16:19 | X
Give us an update!

This could be as entertaining as the search for a drummer!
Did it work out with the trumpeter from Sidcup?

AngieWaa | 20 Jan '08, 20:12 | X
- Well...
  
  ...as the only person to respond positively to this cunting thing so far, he's the current heir to the throne. Everyone else is a cunt. There, I said it!
  
  Guthrie @AngieWaa | 22 Jan '08, 22:51 | X
  - so..
    
    he's through to the next round?
    
    AngieWaa @Guthrie | 23 Jan '08, 20:41 | X
    - I´m already tattooing his name on my balls.
      
      There, I...said...it...
      
      If there IS anyone out there who can, or even WOULD play the trumpet for a band that rocks like Oingo Boingo sharing a see-saw with Cardiacs, do please get in touch. With me, I mean. Perhaps I should have pointed that out before. We´re in London, but only until we tour Europe in April. Yeah! Gigs! Tours! Albums! If you want. And beards! Go on!
      
      Guthrie @AngieWaa | 25 Jan '08, 12:44 | X
grade one

the pressure got too much, inevitably resulting in my miming at orchestra practice.

i always vowed never to return to brass instruments again.

miss-claire | 20 Jan '08, 20:14 | X
- didn't
  
  anyone notice you were miming or did you toot along?!
  
  AngieWaa @miss-claire | 20 Jan '08, 20:17 | X
  - no...
    
    i think i was like 4th trumpeter...i knew the notes.
    
    just a stressful life for a 12 year old.
    especially billingham orchestra.
    
    i do not envy musos one bit...
    x
    
    miss-claire @AngieWaa | 20 Jan '08, 20:20 | X
    - can you
      
      mime loudly?
      
      AngieWaa @alinemusic | 15 Feb '08, 18:59 | X
    - Guthrie is God
      
      .
      
      Mozalini | 23 Jan '08, 12:51 | X
      - Nah.
        
        We just have the same barber.
        
        Guthrie @Mozalini | 25 Jan '08, 12:56 | X
        
        I have
        
        a keyboard that makes trumpet noises
        
        hippy_smell @Guthrie | 25 Jan '08, 13:06 | X
        
        that's got to be
        
        nearly as good as the real thing surely!
        
        AngieWaa @hippy_smell | 25 Jan '08, 18:42 | X
        
        Don't make me hurt you.
        
        Both of you. Such insolence!
        
        Guthrie @AngieWaa | 29 Jan '08, 21:49 | X
        
        And don't call me
        
        Shirley.
        
        Guthrie @Guthrie | 29 Jan '08, 22:34 | X
        
        so
        
        is it still wide open? can I tune my kazoo yet? I'll bring it to the Rhythm Factory on saturday and do an open-mike style coming in from the side of the stage to join the band...you'll be converted. Trust me on the Kazoo.
        
        AngieWaa @Guthrie | 30 Jan '08, 21:22 | X
        
        I'm already sold on the idea.
        
        Keep your old kazoo sheet music, throw away your old heavy metal guitar books.
        
        Floss.
        
        Guthrie @AngieWaa | 30 Jan '08, 22:23 | X
        
        do not read
        
        drumming magazines, they will only make you feel ugly...
        
        AngieWaa @Guthrie | 30 Jan '08, 22:38 | X
        
        I'm
        
        tuning my kazoo as we speak
        
        AngieWaa @AngieWaa | 1 Feb '08, 16:48 | X
        
        Ahh...
        
        ...sorry to disappoint you, but the position's been filled.
        
        CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT, READERS?!! No, nor can I! But it's TRUE! And I found the trumpeter, or rather, he found me, throught THIS VERY SITE! Incredible!
        
        Fret not, AngieWaa, I'm sure you'll be the top kazooist on every DiSer's list. You are on mine, anyway. Why not leave an advert? Smirk!
        
        Guthrie @AngieWaa | 3 Feb '08, 21:27 | X
        
        oh well...
        
        MARVELLOUS!!
        Well done. Fantastic. I have to say this is the fastest I've ever seen anyone find a band member on DiS...well, it's a lot quicker than the three years it took you not to find a drummer!
        See you and your new trumpeter at a gig soon.
        
        AngieWaa @Guthrie | 5 Feb '08, 08:57 | X
        
        THE SYSTEM WORKS!
        
        xxx
        
        thewarn @Guthrie | 15 Feb '08, 19:13 | X
        
        For the first time ever!
        
        Feels good, Warny. Let's celebrate. Hang on, I've shat meself.
        
        Guthrie @thewarn | 20 Feb '08, 00:03 | X
        
        This must be
        
        about the funniest thing I've ever read on the internet.
        
        If you people ever need a tenor sax monkey, give me a shout...
        
        fidel_catstro @Guthrie | 20 Feb '08, 10:19 | X
        
        what
        
        what what on EARTH is a tenor sax monkey?
        
        AngieWaa @fidel_catstro | 21 Feb '08, 20:26 | X
        
        you know,
        
        a monkey, but for tenor saxes.
        
        fidel_catstro @AngieWaa | 21 Feb '08, 21:13 | X
        
        ahh
        
        you see I had envisaged a monkey playing a saxophone for a tenner which let's face it is a bargain.
        
        AngieWaa @fidel_catstro | 21 Feb '08, 21:50 | X
        
        Fuck it
        
        I'd do it for fifty pee to be honest.
        
        fidel_catstro @AngieWaa | 21 Feb '08, 22:03 | X
        
        that's all very well
        
        but are you a real monkey?
        
        AngieWaa @fidel_catstro | 21 Feb '08, 22:05 | X
        
        err
        
        i like peanuts quite a lot?
        
        fidel_catstro @AngieWaa | 21 Feb '08, 22:09 | X
        
        hmm
        
        that's not quite the same as being an actual monkey though is it?
        
        AngieWaa @fidel_catstro | 24 Feb '08, 14:13 | X
    - I thought
      
      you said you had a new trumpeter?
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0a1C1EhLU
      That is definitely a Kazoo...I feel cheated.
      
      AngieWaa | 24 Feb '08, 14:15 | X
    - I thought
      
      trumptet was one more than an octet!
      
      AngieWaa @cyan_scarab | 24 Feb '08, 16:49 | X
      - hmmm
        
        too much thinking
        
        AngieWaa @AngieWaa | 24 Feb '08, 17:29 | X

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