Many of us will pass on gigs for practical issues (distance, budget, schedule, complexity, language needs, cultural familiarity, safety, etc). Some of us pass on gigs that make us uncomfortable (nudity, same-sex, extreme weather, etc). And then there are those absolute "no-go" events that we may not do due to ideological or religious reasons.
Here is an example. I may be inclined to pass on a Muslim, Greek Orthodox, Wiccan, Chinese, Phillipino, etc wedding because I am not very familiar with those cultural traditions. However, if all that was expected culturally was to play a few key songs, I could take the gig because I don't have an innate problem with those groups. However, I would never want to accept a gig that catered to a hate group. I have a tremendous intolerance for intolerance.
I have seen other state they would never do a gay marriage because they consider it immoral. Maybe there are some that won't accept an inter-racial marriage or a religious inter-marriage for similar feelings. Perhaps some of us won't do an event on political grounds such as a liberal or conservative DJ refusing to perform at a fundraiser for the other side. Who knows what a person's "no-go" zone is.
The discussion I was interested in is as follows:
Here is an example. I may be inclined to pass on a Muslim, Greek Orthodox, Wiccan, Chinese, Phillipino, etc wedding because I am not very familiar with those cultural traditions. However, if all that was expected culturally was to play a few key songs, I could take the gig because I don't have an innate problem with those groups. However, I would never want to accept a gig that catered to a hate group. I have a tremendous intolerance for intolerance.
I have seen other state they would never do a gay marriage because they consider it immoral. Maybe there are some that won't accept an inter-racial marriage or a religious inter-marriage for similar feelings. Perhaps some of us won't do an event on political grounds such as a liberal or conservative DJ refusing to perform at a fundraiser for the other side. Who knows what a person's "no-go" zone is.
The discussion I was interested in is as follows:
- Do you have an absolute "no-go" zone? (stating your no-go zone is up to you but not necessary)
- Do you do explicit things up front to avoid these gigs?
- If you ever unknowingly booked such a gig, how did you react when you discovered the gig was in your "no-go" zone?