Actually Boo, the reason I DON'T use the "G" word is because it doesn't command the same respect of the situation. In my mind, a "gig" is like jamming in a garage. I support a family and run a small buisness on the income derived from my work. It's really no different from your work as a brick layer. We both sell a service. We both perform in front of the public, and we both need the validation of our client if we are to be paid. To treeat it as less than a "day at the office" just seems like selling short.

I have mnany friends that use the term gig to refer to all sorts of work. Regardless of all the "cool cat" lingo that started the pet name ........ I feel that it diminishes the importance of the work, and makes the performer sound like something "less than" a professional.

I'm sure this is a minority opinion, and I don't expect anyone to change their speech habits to apease me, but that's the way I see it. Just another quirky "artistc" trait, I guess.