[Dixielandjazz] NY EVE gig

[Kimberly Shaffer]

Yah, and this is a REALLY upscale strip club, it promotes itself as a gentleman's club and I believe the cover is something like 30.00 at the door...
 
Actually my husband is going to meet with the clubowner today and talk to him about swing bands and how much they really cost, (at the club of course).  I told him he better not be swayed by long legs and impressive gymnastics and a steak lunch!!  That should be about 400.00 per PERSON brought home!  I mean, it's New Years Eve!!  In New Years Eve 1999, I think Pete made 400.00 that night.  Of course it was that Y2K scare and only about 20 people showed up in a place where there should have been 500.  Crazy.  We all look back on that and that will be a story to tell our grandkids...  It could have the party night of the century, but everybody was too scared to go out.  
 
And Pete can put together an 8 piece swing band, which is small compared to his 17 piece, I guess.  And he has high energy with young professional musicians to sell in monkeysuits if need be.  I'm sorry, but we have this one band in town who shall remain nameless, and they are all retired doctors and dentists pretty much all over the age of 80, which I am not slamming older people, but they consistently cut other working bands on money all the time just so thay can play, and it's just a hobby to them.  Anyway, I am hoping Pete can sell image on this one as well as talent.  We will see, I'll let you know.
 


>>> <tcashwigg at aol.com> 11/28/2005 >>>

By cutting the price to $400.00

Yep  a great fee for a band full of Doctors or Lawyers who just want to 
play a bit of music to relax on the weekends, why can't they just play 
golf with the Plumbers and hang out with guys with real money rather 
than a bunch of under or no paid musicians just to be COOL.   Heck 
Richard that's BIG money to some bands.

And like I have said before, when the buyers know what the bands work 
for every other day of the year they quickly figure out that they are 
not worth any more money on New Years Eve than they were the night 
before or what they will play for the next night.   They are not 
looking for Benny Goodman or Woody Herman or Tommy Dorsey here, they 
are looking for some background music from Delbert & his Dipshits.   
And the sad news is they probably booked it an hour after they posted 
it.

The sad state of musical affairs in some parts of the USA.


Heck that is nothing,  I had an offer yesterday to bring my 13 piece 
Show to Portland for an authentic "Marty Grau" party at some club for 
25% of the door which should be about $300.00 according to him,   only 
about 1200 miles a way, no hotels, and no meals included either, and 
they wanted us to bring the Marty Grau" Beads too.    They want to do 
it up right.


Tom  "Not a Starving Artist" Wiggins

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    WOW, how can you get a "small" swing band? What a fabulous fee for 
New
Year's Eve.

regards,
Richard Stevens
www.thejazzfactory.net




Just passing on the info for anyone in the Beaverton, Oregon  Area

Tom Wiggins

Subject: NY EVE gig

      Need small Swing band
Reply to: tim at starscabaret.com
  Date: 2005-11-28, 2:50PM PST


  Stars Cabaret in Beaverton is looking for small Swing Band for New
Years Eve Party. Looking for the band to play 10 to 12 songs through
out the night. We will have a Speak Easy style night with gaming going
on also along with our normal show. We are looking at spending right
around $400. Feel free to contact me at 503.350.0868. Thank you tim
          this is in or around Beaverton


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