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01-17-2010, 04:39 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | | I hate...
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when gigs get cancelled 3 hours before the show.
GOOD THING I'M LOADED AND DON'T NEED THAT MONEY.
Now i'm eating one bowl of rice every day for the week. Beautiful. |
01-17-2010, 04:40 PM
| | | | That sucks. Guess you didn't have a contract? What reason did they give? |
01-17-2010, 04:44 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | | Nope. No contract.
His reason was "It was slow, so we're shutting down early" |
01-17-2010, 04:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | Ugh. That sucks. Is this a venue you gig frequently? Do you do well for them there? If so, I'd angle for a guarantee that at the very least compensates for this sorta thing. I know that doesn't sound realistic in this day and age, but hey...your band is not a charity. Kinda why I rarely gig without it in writing these days...at least the sideman gigs...
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01-17-2010, 04:51 PM
| | | Sucks. It's been a while now since I have played out but I can remember calling everyone I knew trying to get a crowd so the owner would think we were awesome.  |
01-17-2010, 04:53 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | Quote:
Originally Posted by hover  Ugh. That sucks. Is this a venue you gig frequently? Do you do well for them there? If so, I'd angle for a guarantee that at the very least compensates for this sorta thing. I know that doesn't sound realistic in this day and age, but hey...your band is not a charity. Kinda why I rarely gig without it in writing these days...at least the sideman gigs... | We've played there probably 6 times the past 3 months or so. And each time we've brought out a LOT of people. So it's not like we do them bad. They're definitely making money.
And yea, he promised us some other gigs, but he's really cheap. But, a gig is a gig, ya know? |
01-17-2010, 04:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | Yeah, I hear ya, it just sucks when lost gig money means Kraft Dinner for a week.
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01-17-2010, 06:12 PM
|  | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | Nothing like starting a lean new year, minus that phat check from a NYE gig that got cancelled. 
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01-17-2010, 07:17 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Gravity Picks | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ohio/West Virginia | | | Know what I hate? When you get paid 11% of the bands pay in a 5 piece band because youre 17.
I hate that.
Lets just say I made $65.. and thats only 11%.
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01-17-2010, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by J. Crawford Know what I hate? When you get paid 11% of the bands pay in a 5 piece band because youre 17.
I hate that.
Lets just say I made $65.. and thats only 11%. | I wouldn't walk from that project. I'd run. What are the other four people doing that justifies taking a larger cut?
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01-17-2010, 08:30 PM
|  | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | Man, that stinks. It's a shame they've got you over a barrel like that, but that's the way it is in a lot of places.
On another note: I'm not a mod, but shouldn't this be in a different forum?
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01-17-2010, 08:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | If I was you, I'd call a few places and see if my band can play on the same night.
Then, I'd go stick a ton of posters announcing the new place right on the cancelled gig's doors.
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01-17-2010, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Wilson Nope. No contract.
His reason was "It was slow, so we're shutting down early" | I totally fell ya there. Sometimes at my work they'll send people home early because business is slow.
take a crowbar to his kneecaps and demand his protection money.
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01-17-2010, 09:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PA. | | | I dont gig.
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01-17-2010, 11:07 PM
|  | *******er Emeritus(does anyone remember that? No?) | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Houston, Texas | | | At least he called you. I've played more than one gig before where afterwards the manager finds an excuse not to pay you.
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