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rodv66

rodv66

Jul 4, 2016
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I got offered an audition with another tribute act, so I figured why not? Nothing wrong with getting as many gigs as possible. So, got email with date and location. They are having three of us back to back and giving us a half hour each. I got the six tunes down, but didn't know it was a cattle call until last night. Never had one before, so don't know what to expect at all. They also asked for us to bring mics if we have them, or they will borrow a headset, something else I never used. The weird part is that they are asking us to pitch in 5 bucks each to audition, to cover the rehearsal space. It's only five bucks, but never got charged for an audition before and just seems odd. I'm already driving 45 minutes to the place, so the five bucks just seems petty.

Any one ever have something similar happen to them on one of these cattle calls?
 
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Hi,

rodv66 said:
I got offered an audition with another tribute act, so I figured why not? Nothing wrong with getting as many gigs as possible. So, got email with date and location. They are having three of us back to back and giving us a half hour each. I got the six tunes down, but didn't know it was a cattle call until last night. Never had one before, so don't know what to expect at all. They also asked for us to bring mics if we have them, or they will borrow a headset, something else I never used. The weird part is that they are asking us to pitch in 5 bucks each to audition, to cover the rehearsal space. It's only five bucks, but never got charged for an audition before and just seems odd. I'm already driving 45 minutes to the place, so the five bucks just seems petty.

Any one ever have something similar happen to them on one of these cattle calls?
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Very odd. Pay to audition? That already has me thinking that this is a pretty mickey-mouse operation. Either you want me to audition or you don't. I'm showing my interest, and doing you a favor, just by learning your tunes and showing up. I'm not charging you for my mileage or my time. You don't have much going on if you can't afford rehearsal space. I would not be impressed with this situation.

I've been to only a couple of auditions, one involving a "cattle call" of twelve bass players. I got the gig. But usually I get my gigs just because of my reputation. I don't mind auditioning for something that could be worthwhile, but rarely do I have to. To pay any amount just to audition does not sound worthwhile.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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I think the only reason I'm even doing this is because I learned these songs, so might as well. None of this was mentioned when they set up my audition and I don't like rushing on an off. Rather have time to ask questions and try and get a feel about them. I have another band, so if this doesn't work, no loss
 
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so tacky to ask the auditionees to pay a band's business expense up front. There's a new music collective in town that requires composers to pay 5 bucks per score submission to be considered on the concert season. Not even considering it. Pay an ensemble to do programming research. No way, Bubba Jay.
 
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BassCliff said:
Hi,



Very odd. Pay to audition? That already has me thinking that this is a pretty mickey-mouse operation. Either you want me to audition or you don't. I'm showing my interest, and doing you a favor, just by learning your tunes and showing up. I'm not charging you for my mileage or my time. You don't have much going on if you can't afford rehearsal space. I would not be impressed with this situation.

I've been to only a couple of auditions, one involving a "cattle call" of twelve bass players. I got the gig. But usually I get my gigs just because of my reputation. I don't mind auditioning for something that could be worthwhile, but rarely do I have to. To pay any amount just to audition does not sound worthwhile.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
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What Cliff said
In spades!
 
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I've only been to a couple auditions at rehearsal spaces, but neither asked me for any $. Sounds pretty weird / tacky / whatever you wanna call it but I guess I've spent more than $5 on worse things. Count me curious too about how this goes...
 
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mikeyjm2 said:
I've only been to a couple auditions at rehearsal spaces, but neither asked me for any $. Sounds pretty weird / tacky / whatever you wanna call it but I guess I've spent more than $5 on worse things. Count me curious too about how this goes...
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The guy also made a color coded spread sheet for the people auditioning, location, availability and what order we are auditioning in.
 
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