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I book gigs and work around them for family events
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I plan my family events first, then book gigs on available nights
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10-02-2009, 03:54 PM
| | Guest | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near the Pedulla factory | | | How do you schedule gigs/family things?
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10-02-2009, 05:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Florida, in the U.S.A. | | | I am not a big fan of family events. And you have to cut hay while the sun is shining. I book gigs, then if I am available for family events, I try to book a gig for then too.
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10-02-2009, 05:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles | | | Depends on your priority. Some people put limits on their gigging, e.g. two times a month, some don't. |
10-02-2009, 06:34 PM
| | Guest | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Near the Pedulla factory | | | If I could get to the point where we have band practice on consistent nights I would be happy. The wife of one of my guitarists always makes plans then lets him know about it. It pisses me off.
When it comes to gigs, when it's booked, it's booked. Unless an emergency comes up I'm not canceling. |
10-02-2009, 06:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Long Island, NY | | | if i get offered a gig that im available for..i take it..i dont really ever run into a problem. |
10-03-2009, 03:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rice Lake, WI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MoBeach  When it comes to gigs, when it's booked, it's booked. Unless an emergency comes up I'm not canceling. |
Yep. I don't handle the bookings in my band so I'm just along for the ride.
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10-03-2009, 08:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: wolcott ct. | | | Luckily for my long-time suffering girl friend, it's all about the money. She'd rather I do a gig and get paid. However, if she tells me she really needs me to accompany her to something, then I won't gig.
And she always comes first before a rehearsal. ( I hate it and let bands know I only rehearse to learn new songs.)
Andy
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10-04-2009, 07:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sioux Falls, SD | | | My family is super supportive, one reason being that my gigs are a pretty substantial source of supplemental income. For example, this year I'm gigging the night before Thanksgiving, and the two nights after Thanksgiving and they're totally OK with that.
We're not much for going away over holidays, especially during the summer, so taking gigs over 4th of July, Labor Day, etc. has never been a conflict. I do protect pretty closely the last weekend before Christmas up to New Years Eve, since that's the time of the year that's most important to my family to have me around.
I do try and plan at least two or three weekend getaways with the wife over the course of the year since so I'm away so many weekends on band stuff. In those cases I usually look at where we have some dead time in our upcoming schedule and if it gets within 3 or 4 weeks and nothing's been booked for a weekend I'll just make plans with with my wife and block it off our band's calendar. If a gig comes in after that, too bad (for the band, not my wife). | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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