Piano recital long-distance at 1:45 AM

Clyde Hollinger cedel@supernet.com
Sun, 20 Jun 2004 06:40:00 -0400


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Rob,

Was he really there or was it a recording?  My hunch is that it was 
prerecorded and the call was made by some electronic gismo.

Regards,
Clyde

Rob Goodale wrote:

> I got the most bizzare phone call this morning.  I was totaly asleep, 
> 1:45 AM local time, (Las Vegas).  I am awakened by the phone ringing 
> and I wander down the hall to the answering machine to see who could 
> possibly be calling at that hour.  After the record tone there is 
> piano music.  Good piano music mind you, but not good at 1:45 AM.   
> I'm muling in my head what local technician could be playing this 
> cruel joke, (We just had a PTG meeting).  When the music stops it is 
> not at all what I would have guessed.
>  
> Some guy I have never heard of comes on and talks about what a great 
> piano player he is and that he is looking for a job.  He says he lives 
> in North Carolina, (It would be 4:45 AM there), and is literally 
> auditioning over the phone.  I had no desire to talk to the guy so I 
> didn't pick up the phone.  He continues on to say that he is "Damn 
> Good" and that if anyone is looking for a piano player to please give 
> him a call.  "Even if the answer is no please call me".  At that point 
> I almost picked it up to tell him where to stick his piano but I was 
> really too tired to get into it.  A few thoughts:  What 
> idiot would call at 1:45 AM, audition over the phone thinking I would 
> care, and then actualy think that I would now be willing to help him 
> get a job 3,500 miles away?
>  
> His name is Bill Ansel of Cary, NC. Anyone ever hear of this guy?  
> Anyone else get a call like this?
>  
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas NV


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