Re: a.g.b. Band Contract Project

I guess I should explain for the non New Yorkers...

A "Fuck You" fee isn't negative It actually enhances your freedom by giving
you the ability to walk away with no harm, no foul.

It is high enough to discourage 95% of the people from asking you to do
something you really don't want to but are already semi-obligated to do.
It's also high enough to compensate you handsomely should they by some
chance agree. In other words, it either saves you from having to back the
drunken brother in law while he sings "Proud Mary" in two keys at once, or
it makes the experience more than bearable. Either way it's win win.

Got a guitar repairman buddy who does the same thing. He charges $20 PER
STRING to change strings. He charges $50 just to tune any guitar. Same
principle.

There is also the concept of "Fuck You money" - not being "rich" per se,
but having enough money to turn down projects that you really don't want to
do. Again, same principle.

I guess "Fuck You" would translate to "Why I'm honored, bless your heart,
but no thank you. Care for some sweet tea?" In the Flyovervillian dialect.
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Hence the term "may".

And the exorbitantly large "Fuck You" fee.

Why do you call it a "fuck you" fee? I'm all in favor of charging for the
extra time and for giving the band the option to decline, but why the
negative attitude?




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