- A headset does not fit over a cheap hairnet without shredding it.
- Performing a relaxation exercise (yoga Corpse pose) on the deck—while sound is running through its cues (thunder, fire exits announcement, a eggshell crack for the elephant bird that sounds like a chainsaw) and while lights has one of the electric pipes pulled in to change an instrument—requires great concentration.
- When you’re looking for the high note, close your eyes, relax (!), and just let go.
- And most of all,
When you’re jouncing along
On a road full of ruts,
Getting jeered by a throng
And performing for nuts,
Tell yourself how lucky you are!