Drummer kept the cash. Worth saying something?

[yodedude2]

Or, maybe you post on TalkCashiers.com....

that domain is available. just sayin'.

 

[yodedude2]

Apparently not everybody knows that saying

every time i hear that, "who's next" starts playing in my head.

 

[Bubble]

So, if you go to the market and the cashier shorts you $50 in change, what? You don't say anything? Talk to the manager the next day?

Or, maybe you post on TalkCashiers.com....

The cashier is supposed to be a person of trust. They are between two people juggling the balance of honesty to both ?
Where will THAT person's electrons go when they die ? Maybe to the rust in a scrap metal pile.

 

[Steve]

in no particular order...
I guess it's a good thing he didn't give you $10 then.
Someone owes you $50
Ida walked out of that gig with $100 and felt fine about it

 

[Akami]

Nope, 50 bucks won't kill you, and it won't kill the drummer either to honor the deal. I'd go first to the bass player and tell him what happened and he'll probably straighten it out for you. Besides, drummers....

 

[Mike151]

I play cause I like to play. I'll play for free and I say that all the time even though we do get paid. But a person's word is everything. It's not about the money. I probably would have told him "I'll take this cymbal for the 50 bucks your shorting me." He would have either coughed it up or been short a cymbal. He probably ran up a bar tab and the money went to that.

 

[TH63]

Insisting someone honor an agreement is not petty, it is right. Drummer avoided you, he knows he's at fault. Call him on it.

 

[dspellman]

An agreement is an agreement. Mention it to the band leader and get your money. Wait 30 days and shoot the drummer.

 

[alligator69]

Just deal with the bandleader. He's the one who got you the gig. It's totally within reason and within your rights. I don't think he could fault you for diplomatically saying something like "maybe it was an oversight or mistake but the deal we had was..." You were the one doing him a favor to begin with. The band is running the risk of losing a good alternative if they need a temporary replacement again in the future. Just my .02

 

[ERIC A]

I would have called the band leader on his cell phone and put him on the phone with the drummer the moment the 50.00 was put in my hand. That said, I would have told the drummer that i was owed a 100.00 before i made that call.

 

[Steve]

half the reason musicians get paid half of what they should get is because they accept half of what they should get

 

[Akami]

He probably ran up a bar tab and the money went to that.

That's exactly what one of my favorite drummers did to us...the very last time we ever used him. Big bar tab ran all of us short on money, and the rest of us only accepted alcoholic (drinks that cost money) beverages if they were bought for us by the customers. Drummers....

 

[lowfreqgeek]

That's exactly what one of my favorite drummers did to us...the very last time we ever used him. Big bar tab ran all of us short on money, and the rest of us only accepted alcoholic (drinks that cost money) beverages if they were bought for us by the customers. Drummers....

Sorry, but you all should have taken your cut and let the drummer pay for his own drinks. I absolutely refuse to let "the band" pay for "the band" tab out of the pay, and I refuse to accept "free drinks" in lieu of monetary payment.

 

[Calaverasgrande]

start another band with a similar name. Play all the same songs, but better. Get a stylist to make your onstage presence really pop. Invest in pyro and uplighting. Play all over the area. Whenever you see one of their flyers, cover it with your own.
Drive the other band out of business.
When you are on the Grammys giving out your thanks. Be sure to thank the drummer for shorting you the $50 and giving you the motivation to succeed.

 

[LKTraz]

As other have said here........it's not the money as much as it is the principle.

The drummer avoided you so he KNEW he shorted you and just that is reason enough to do an aside with the BL.
Regardless of getting the money or not, you have alerted the BL to the drummer's dishonesty.

 

[Brians356]

Edit: Sorry for the rant (now deleted), I used the search option to find the OP's responses.

Here's my actual post:

Glad it all worked out. Hopefully it was just a misunderstanding but the way the drummer avoided you could indicate he knew what he was doing. I'm sure the BL would want to know the drummer tried to keep money that wasn't his. Shady.

Wow, I've never run across a sleazeball drummer before.

 

[Captain Comet]

In my last band the running joke was "What does he know about music? .... He's a drummer!"
Apparently they are all lousy at math when it comes to band payouts. We knew the band payout was $75 higher than the collective pay we each got at a gig he arranged one night. He shorted us big time and thought he got away with it. This was very close to the end ....

 

[ERIC A]

To chime in one more time.....i play music because i need the money and it's a pleasant way to earn that money (i have three sons to feed). The days of doing this for fun are long gone. It drives me insane that some players don't get that.....it should be obvious that there is a business aspect to this biz i don't care if it's 50 a man or 500.00 a man.

 

[Akami]

...I refuse to accept "free drinks" in lieu of monetary payment.

You read something into my post that wasn't there. I accept actual free drinks from customers and have never even heard of your so called "free drinks" in lieu of pay even if they've got them where you're located.

 

[phillybass101]

The Drummer punked you out!!!! Get your money and never do that band a favor again.