I was chilling out with the family tonight. A rare occasion for me. The phone rings, my wife answers and it's the client from a gig I have next weekend for a 30th birthday party wanting to know if I still was going to show up. The wife, confused, hands me the phone. I was asked the same question. My responce was of I was and told them I would be there a couple hours before the start date to set up.
It was then I was told it had been changed to tonight. My responce was WHAT!! The gig was for one of my 13 year old daughters teachers. I was then told that they had told my daughter about it last week and that she was supposed to tell me.
My business cards have my cell phone, my home phone, and my email address on them. I don't remember my daughter's name being on them for a contact.
To make things worse the gig was supposed to start in an hour and it was 30 minutes away. I was furious and really wanted to tell them tough luck I was only responsible for the date on contract.
But I live in a pretty small community and even if they screwed the pooch I am sure that's not what the rumor mill would be churning out. Talk about a no win situation, something like that could destroy an upstart in a community like this.
I ended up flying out the door, hooking up the trailer, and getting set up with about 1 minute to spare. No time for a sound check in a new building so I had to it all on the fly. I only got about 1/4 of the lights up I was planning on using.
I was then presented with a requested playlist for the evening. A ton of old songs I didn't have. Sinatra, Dean Martin, etc, etc. It was a themed evening, another thing I wasn't told about. I calmly stated as per contract all special requested had to be submitted via email no later than one week before the event. I was told that she was going to give it to my daughter but forgot, and asked if I could just download them off Kazaa or something like that real quick. I explained that there was no internet connection available at the venue and Kazaa was a piracy site to begin with.
I had attempted a couple of times during the last couple weeks to contact them to make sure all the fine details had been worked out. Via cell phone, facebook, and email with no responce.
I have some crooners, etc. and was able to wing it, but was frustrated as he$$ about the whole situation.
At the end of the night everyone was happy and I received several compliments and was asked for several cards.
WTF goes through some peoples heads!!! You spend tons of money on an event like this. Believe you me there was a lot of money spent. And you don't pick up the phone to make sure the main entertainment knows things like date change, etc.
It was then I was told it had been changed to tonight. My responce was WHAT!! The gig was for one of my 13 year old daughters teachers. I was then told that they had told my daughter about it last week and that she was supposed to tell me.
My business cards have my cell phone, my home phone, and my email address on them. I don't remember my daughter's name being on them for a contact.
To make things worse the gig was supposed to start in an hour and it was 30 minutes away. I was furious and really wanted to tell them tough luck I was only responsible for the date on contract.
But I live in a pretty small community and even if they screwed the pooch I am sure that's not what the rumor mill would be churning out. Talk about a no win situation, something like that could destroy an upstart in a community like this.
I ended up flying out the door, hooking up the trailer, and getting set up with about 1 minute to spare. No time for a sound check in a new building so I had to it all on the fly. I only got about 1/4 of the lights up I was planning on using.
I was then presented with a requested playlist for the evening. A ton of old songs I didn't have. Sinatra, Dean Martin, etc, etc. It was a themed evening, another thing I wasn't told about. I calmly stated as per contract all special requested had to be submitted via email no later than one week before the event. I was told that she was going to give it to my daughter but forgot, and asked if I could just download them off Kazaa or something like that real quick. I explained that there was no internet connection available at the venue and Kazaa was a piracy site to begin with.
I had attempted a couple of times during the last couple weeks to contact them to make sure all the fine details had been worked out. Via cell phone, facebook, and email with no responce.
I have some crooners, etc. and was able to wing it, but was frustrated as he$$ about the whole situation.
At the end of the night everyone was happy and I received several compliments and was asked for several cards.
WTF goes through some peoples heads!!! You spend tons of money on an event like this. Believe you me there was a lot of money spent. And you don't pick up the phone to make sure the main entertainment knows things like date change, etc.
I think I am about due for a nice cruise on the lake and a beer or dozen.
