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where’s all the cash going?
Get the popcorn and settle in...
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“What we intended with the event and the post was to offer a platform to local people, amateur musicians.
“We wanted to give them a platform to showcase their music and we were not targeting professional musicians at all.
“There was a lack of clarity in the post and that is regrettable and I am sorry for any offence caused.
“The event is a different kind of event and is not based on performing arts, so there probably will not be any music at the event now, which is a great shame.”
Bullshit. You don't pull in a fucking private chef with his entourage for an event like this and then rely on the like of me to entertain the masses with my acoustic tomfoolery. It's the approach any number of restaurants have done over the years and it is an insult. The private chef's website talks about what he can bring to the show:
"Danny understands that brand image means everything to your business and that an event hosted by your company is a true representation of your values and ethics, so trust Danny to ensure you get the right message across."
I think his temporary employer have firmly got the right message across!
Many years ago I played at an event like this in an acoustic trio I was in - some sort of arts event where they wanted original music and it was billed as a showcase. We were supposed to be given free food and drink - but we discovered we weren't allowed to order it ourselves, it was to be provided at the end... ie the left-overs. And in fact no-one who was there was remotely interested in the music at all - not helped by being told to play so quietly that we could barely be heard - so it was a complete waste of time.
Just a deliberate con and a way of getting background music for free. I would have been happy to do it if paid, or happy to do it for nothing if we'd been able to present ourselves properly, and maybe even slightly happier if we'd at least been given what we were promised regarding food... I seem to remember there was very little left and it wasn't especially nice.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up as a PR exercise example, as in how not to do it and how not to apologise.
The so called apology got as much negative comments as the initial ad.
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The problem here is are people going to want to go to a pub to see a band? We've all spent a nearly year in our homes. Add in the Covid passport...Enough digression.
Venues have to start valuing musicians or it's a downward spiral. The only bands that will play are the ones who will do so for free. That brings down the quality of the music.
From reading the Facebook feed one of the biggest causes for indignation was the the venue trousered aid money for the arts and wanted to hire musicians for free in an obvious exploitation of the situation.
I wonder if they don't expect the performers to bring the audience as well.
That said, as a definitely non-professional performer, I don't mind playing for nothing as long as the organisers don't expect to demand anything of me - either what I play, or how I play it or whether I can bring a crowd. I definitely can't bring a crowd, even for very generous definitions of the word "crowd".