[Dixielandjazz] Pay Scales/The Devil Is In the Details

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

I too have found that you never put down the other bands because sometimes 
the person you talk to likes those other bands and if you put them down you 
are putting down the customer too.  Bad, bad Idea. I always say they are 
really wonderful bands but I try to be better and talk about the things they 
don't do and how I'm different.  For example most of the bands in my circuit 
do very few vocals.  I do lots of them.  Am I a great vocalist? No but I'm a 
whole lot better than none.  I talk to my audiences and introduce the tunes. 
Others don't really do that much.  I wear silly stuff sometimes with Easter 
coming on Bunny ears pops to mind.  These things are different.   I shoot a 
bunch of arrows in the sky and only one has to hit the target.

Since I have worked for almost all the other bands I know what they can and 
can't do.  I also know that they can't take more than one job at a 
time ------ Soooooo if there are two gigs available I get the other so who 
cares if they are good or bad.

What's the difference between a GMC and a Chevrolet?  Nothing but the trim.

I think you guys need more chrome and bling.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Allen" <ballen at deltapathology.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Pay Scales/The Devil Is In the Details


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Gluetje1 at aol.com>
> To: "Mr. Bill" <ballen at deltapathology.com>
> Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Pay Scales/The Devil Is In the Details
>  Do you say to the
>> buyer, "I'm selling a Chevy.  If you want a  Cadillac, call X?"
>
> I was actually applauded for this once when selling my band. The purchaser
> asked me about other bands wanting to play the same festival, and I gave 
> my
> honest opinion, such as, "They're a good band, have a hot lead singer, and
> they're a little more "country" than we are."  That sort of thing. After a
> few competing bands were discussed, the purchaser remarked that I was the
> only musician she had talked to that didn't speak derogatorily about the
> other bands (I'll bet that THEY did about US!).
>
> We DID play the festival, by the way. And got decent money.
>
>
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