[Dixielandjazz] The China Syndrome

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Steve & Listmates,

The China message was originally forwarded to be by Roger Krum, Exec Dir of
the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee.  He is the one who originally received it & I
posted it on DJML.

All of your points below are good ones.


Bob
mr.wonderful@ringwald.com
Placerville, CA, USA, Earth, Sol's System, Milky Way
Amateur (ham) Radio Station K6YBV
Fulton Street Jazz Band
See: http://www.ringwald.com
Boondockers Jazz & Comedy Band
See: http://www.theboondockers.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet@earthlink.net>
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 6:57 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] The China Syndrome


> List mates:
>
> For those of you who may be interested in going to China. Suggest you be
> very wary of the "Canadians opening up a jazz club in Shanghai, who
> wrote and asked the DJML for help in locating a band., for an 8 week
> stint"
>
> Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
>
> 1) Who opens a jazz club without knowing how to book jazz bands?
> 2) Who asks for e-mails and then doesn't answer them?
> 3) Why ask the DJML?
>
> If by some lucky stroke, you should be tempted to do 8 weeks in Shanghai
> by a bunch of neophyte jazz club owners and would be impresarios I
> suggest that you get from these chaps:
>
> 1) Half your 8 weeks pay in advance, in the currency of your country, in
> your bank.
> 2) Your round trip air tickets in advance.
> 3) Conformation from your hotel there that 8 weeks have been paid for
> including meals.
> 4) The second half of your pay at the beginning of the 5th week,
> deposited in your bank in your country in your currency, or you get on
> the plane home.
>
> Now, the market is probably great for a good jazz band there, but you
> should protect yourselves. Better to get set up with a reliable booking
> agent, both on their end if they are legit and yours if you want to
> avoid being stranded in a foreign country and find yourself owing room
> and board money etc., and/or not able to take any currency out of the
> country.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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