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dinkiedai

May 30, 2011
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#1
So on the weekend we are playing at a party, 8-midnight type of thing. We do the gig on the cheap side cause its for a friend I know through work and that is sweet with the other guys.
Bearing in mind that earlier this particular day, we spent near on $1500 on PA gear to finish off our setup.

So as we announce out last song, DGATB boldly states that we will gain the princely sum of $100 to keep on for 20 mins. I take a quick look at they boys to see if they are on board and get a couple of quick nods of approval.

So we finish up (about 30 mins) and I go have a leak. When I get back, our bass player tells me he gave the guy his money back cause he "couldn't do it".

***!!!!!
 
#4
dinkiedai said:
So on the weekend we are playing at a party, 8-midnight type of thing. We do the gig on the cheap side cause its for a friend I know through work and that is sweet with the other guys.
Bearing in mind that earlier this particular day, we spent near on $1500 on PA gear to finish off our setup.

So as we announce out last song, DGATB boldly states that we will gain the princely sum of $100 to keep on for 20 mins. I take a quick look at they boys to see if they are on board and get a couple of quick nods of approval.

So we finish up (about 30 mins) and I go have a leak. When I get back, our bass player tells me he gave the guy his money back cause he "couldn't do it".

***!!!!!
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I don’t get the joke - he couldn’t do what?
 
#5
Renaissance said:
You arrange a gig on the "cheap side" and talk your band mates in on the deal. Now you're upset about the money? The bass player may very well have thought he was doing you a solid since this was your friend.

Sorry but the money spent on the PA has nothing to do with the gig. Two separate decisions.
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I agree with all of this. Bass player was going along with an already predetermined favor for your friend.
 
#17
dinkiedai said:
So on the weekend we are playing at a party, 8-midnight type of thing. We do the gig on the cheap side cause its for a friend I know through work and that is sweet with the other guys.
Bearing in mind that earlier this particular day, we spent near on $1500 on PA gear to finish off our setup.

So as we announce out last song, DGATB boldly states that we will gain the princely sum of $100 to keep on for 20 mins. I take a quick look at they boys to see if they are on board and get a couple of quick nods of approval.

So we finish up (about 30 mins) and I go have a leak. When I get back, our bass player tells me he gave the guy his money back cause he "couldn't do it".

***!!!!!
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If your bass player isn't the band's leader, and acted without your consent, he's a unilateralist; watch your back!
 
#20
Renaissance said:
You arrange a gig on the "cheap side" and talk your band mates in on the deal. Now you're upset about the money? The bass player may very well have thought he was doing you a solid since this was your friend.

Sorry but the money spent on the PA has nothing to do with the gig. Two separate decisions.
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1 - I actually mentioned to the boys that since we had shelled out for new gear, that the $100 would help go towards said purchase, this is why I mentioned the purchase.

2 - We had discussed and agreed in the price of the gig with my friend, not the Drunk Guy At The Bar, hence his contribution was a bonus from him to us.

3 - If our bass player thought that he was doing me a "solid", would he have not been better off to ask me or ask our drummer how they felt about returning his money which had already given to us, rather than doing it while I was taking a leak?
 

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