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Cancelled a NYE gig
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MINIMUM $500 each to play, plus expenses. My guess is travel (gas, flight, whatever) plus hotel could easily push that over $1,000 per member.
More importantly, family always comes first. My 22 year old daughter has congenital heart disease and just had her third open heart surgery this past May. We had a gig 10 days after, but I was able to give the band enough notice to find a sub. Oddly enough, I was able to attend the gig as a spectator and pick up my daughter the next day!! A good weekend in my book. However, my band fully understands that she could be rushed to the hospital at the drop of a hat and they'll need to figure it out.
Good vibes to you and your dad.
More importantly, family always comes first. My 22 year old daughter has congenital heart disease and just had her third open heart surgery this past May. We had a gig 10 days after, but I was able to give the band enough notice to find a sub. Oddly enough, I was able to attend the gig as a spectator and pick up my daughter the next day!! A good weekend in my book. However, my band fully understands that she could be rushed to the hospital at the drop of a hat and they'll need to figure it out.
Good vibes to you and your dad.
i-84 on New Years Eve. Hmm, I wonder what Deadman's Pass looks like right now...
Family first. Good call.
To be honest I was surprised when this was not the response I got when I let him know.
Sounds like your bandmate wishes to go above and beyond for his friend, but thinks it reasonable somehow to string the rest of you along..as if you all share in his affinity for his friend, and his personal sensibility and emotion surrounding this wedding. Is he the best man too? Maybe he shoulda booked a solo gig.
The logistics of it all scare the crap out of me. You'll have to fly there, and if you don't have a red-eye for the trip home, or a place to crash, you're out for a hotel room too.
Good luck even getting a hotel room on NYE. They're either fully booked or the price is so high no one bothers.
I guess you might be able to find a dirtbag motel someplace.
Good luck even getting a hotel room on NYE. They're either fully booked or the price is so high no one bothers.
I guess you might be able to find a dirtbag motel someplace.
Even though I had technically "committed", yeah I'd be lying if I said road conditions weren't a factor.i-84 on New Years Eve. Hmm, I wonder what Deadman's Pass looks like right now...
Family first. Good call.
Well, not sure about that, around here Turkey Testicle festivals on the day before Thanksgiving pay mucho dinero, so guess where I will be on Wednesday?!? Best part is that it is an early and short day (2 hours at 6 PM) and it is easily the best pay day that I will have this year. Plus, they don't make you eat the food, unfortunately the smells are free...
That's crazy talk. I live in Portland and just did the math. At $500 for only my pay the take home after gas and meals and lodging, would be MAYBE $50-100 at the most. And that's if I don't have to spend more on lodging than 1 night. I don't do NYE gigs for that little. I'll stay home and enjoy a night without every drunk driver on the road trying to kill me. Not to mention the stress of a 700+ mile drive. Completly Rediculous, the BL is an idiot.
Yes logistics. That is something this guy has no concept of. Most gigs he walks up to the stage and plugs his acoustic guitar into a DI. (Belonging to either me or the house)
When he mentioned flying I'm thinking, -yeah if I was even considering it, how about PA, bass rig, the other guys mountain of stuff. It would all fall on the other guy. Real considerate.
You made the right move, family absolutely comes first in a situation like this.
Reading further, I think it's time you quite this band. It seems you're wanting to head in an entirely different direction than the other guys, including the band leader.
You're doing the right thing. Obviously you're not going to leave your parents in the cold while you bugger off to lose money on a gig.
Being discovered at a wedding gig on NYE is probably very slim chances.
Any promoters present will be too pissed up to even remember your performance.
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Don't mind me though, because I would have already quit.
You're doing the right thing. Obviously you're not going to leave your parents in the cold while you bugger off to lose money on a gig.
Being discovered at a wedding gig on NYE is probably very slim chances.
Any promoters present will be too pissed up to even remember your performance.
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Don't mind me though, because I would have already quit.
Yeah and hope my PA, upright & electric, bass rig, cords/mics etc. make it through the night in the back of my truck with a camper shell and huge windows parked at some hourly hotel.
Yeah, that's the other side of the logistics. I think you would have to leave your gear behind, but if you're providing the, backline you're screwed.
I stopped reading after the first paragraph. 6 weeks is more than enough time to find a bassist for a $500/band gig. Life happens. It seems that you have a good reason to cancel.
