[Dixielandjazz] Sound man sounding off 2

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Actually the customer was committed to having the space available it just 
didn't work that way.  I think some of this happened because the original 
event coordinator quit or got fired a couple of weeks before the event and 
the person taking over was her boss who may not have paid attention to the 
little details.

Fortunately the new event coordinator was nice about it and we didn't have a 
problem we got paid (six weeks later) and everyone was happy (sort of) even 
though we started about 10 minutes late.  I'm sure if I play that event 
again there will be some discussion about it.

Normally if we were starting a few minutes late because of someone else, we 
would slip our time, especially as in this case we were the last to play. 
We still had to quit because some of the people had to leave for other gigs.

This kind of thing happens when multiple acts are scheduled for a stage or 
room and the event person isn't on top of everything.  If the groups that 
are performing are not professional then there is little incentive for them 
to follow the plan.
Larry
StL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kay Spencer" <kay2840 at yahoo.com>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Sound man sounding off 2


> Larry,
>
>  So in the future, if you are required to set up and play during a certain 
> time frame, would you consider have the customer commit to having the 
> space accessible so that you can actually meet the commitment?  It doesn't 
> appear to make sense that you are penalized, or would even agree to be 
> penalized, for either a management scheduling problem or a third party's 
> disregard for the schedule.
>
>  Kay in Gilroy