[Dixielandjazz] Sacking

[Dixiejazzdata]

That's why God invented the Piano Bar :)) And Solo pianist  :))
 

 Never look a gift horse in the mouth, he might write you a bad check  too.  Ya can't fire the contractor who holds your pay check,

Musicians spend 90% of their lives trying to get a gig and the other 10% trying to get fired :))


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gluetje1 <Gluetje1 at aol.com>
To: B.B. Buffington <dixiejazzdata at aol.com>
Cc: dixielandjazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tue, Apr 19, 2011 10:51 am
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Sacking


Does it not always fall to the person who gets the job to negotiate the  

job; i.e., number of musicians and salary?  So as far as I'm concerned it  is 

the person who books the job who has the privilege of selecting  

instrumentation based on his budget and preferences.  That "agent" may even  

just be 

picking the musicians just based on who he owes a favor.  Of  perhaps because 

one of them can also sing or communicates well with audiences  when the gig 

demands that.  

 

The trombonist got the job, maybe hired his friend who plays clarinet and  

you as the person who could hold it all together.  So, bottom  line, the 

money and the gig were good enough that you'd do it again, or it  wasn't.

 

I don't think you will get a consensus on order of departure, a majority  

vote, maybe.

 

Ginny

 

 

In a message dated 4/19/2011 8:26:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  

maggief at comcen.com.au writes:



Last night I  did a gig playing piano with a tbn. & a clt.. Neither of 

the buggers  could play a whole melody correctly. I, as the piano player 

ended up  playing bass, chords and melody.



This made me think about sacking order  as the band gets smaller.

We all know the trombonist goes first but I would  like to get a consensus

of opinion on which order it goes from  thereon.

PS - the only reason the trombone owner was there was because he  got the 

job.

Adrian  Ford





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