[Dixielandjazz] FW: I seem to have accidentally bought a jazzclub...

Robert Ringwald rsr at ringwald.com
Wed Jun 3 09:56:06 PDT 2015


Jim is right.

And don't forget what goes out the back door.

One simple hint for anyone who has a business. Use clear garbage bags.

Employees will hide a roast beef or couple bottles of whiskey    in the 
garbage bags and then come back later and retrieve them.

As far as bartenders go, if you know 50 ways for them to steal from you. 
they will know 51.


Plan to always be there. It is a bruital business.

-Bob



-----Original Message----- 
From: Gary Lawrence Murphy
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 9:25 AM
To: Bob Ringwald
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] FW: I seem to have accidentally bought a 
jazzclub...

Long time ago it would have been the mob wanting protection money ... Some
things never change ;) we don't expect to get rich; breaking even would be
really nice though...
On Jun 3, 2015 12:23 PM, "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:

> Bob Ringwald wrote:
>
> >Employees have no business sense. They don't realize what it cost you to
> operate a business. They see the money come in but they don't see it go
> out.
>
> Although Bob wrote a fairly black picture of the business scene, if anyone
> has ever played a steady club gig over a period of time, you will have 
> seen
> the waiters/bar staff come and go on a regular basis. It is usually due to
> money disappearing from the til!
>
> The places that are successful are where the boss is always there.
> Certainly not an easy life, so I also wish you well, Gary.
>
> I agree with Bob that musicians often find it difficult to understand the
> costs of running a club or even a festival.  It's not just the expense of
> the band, but all the other costs of running a business...., even having 
> to
> pay the "composer's society" (or whatever it is called in your area) for
> the
> songs being played by the band AND recorded music played during the rest 
> of
> the day/night.  There's the food/liquor consumed, the help, business
> licenses, electricity, trash pickup.....etc., etc.
>
> Jim
>
>
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