As I started this thread, I'll go ahead and twist it a little into another topic that really fits the original subject .... "preparation."

Occasinally I'm quite amazed, and not in a pleasant way, when someone shows up for the gig unprepared. There are several perfprmers whom I no longer even consider because they do NOT prepare. I see them sitting to one side in the "green room" ... looking around for paper and pencil, and trying to plan a set list 5 minutes before they go on.

And then, amazingly, they'll go on stage with a scribbled set list thrown on the floor, and refer to it between songs, with comments like: "Hmmm ... maybe I'll sing this one?"

It all goes back to professionality.

Am I being overlly critical ... or do some of you have the same frustrations? bob(deckman)nelson