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

[Marek Boym]

Hi Gary,
Open your eyes, but do not let people to discourage you!
True, the owners should be present as much as possible, but my son, who ran
a bar in Tel-Aviv, had a different experience.  While, at first, both he
and his partner were there all night long, but later they started taking
turns, and be there only a part of the time.  They just found good shift
managers (the bar was open from 9PM to the last customer).  If they were
forced to close it was because of harassment by the Municipality.  They
were there 11 years - a long time for that type of business in this country.
Yes, it is hard work and constant worry, but may not be as bad as Bob makes
it look.
As I've already said, I wish you success!
Cheers,
Marek

On 3 June 2015 at 19:25, Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym at teledyn.com> wrote:

> 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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