Re: Moral guidance
- From: "eadg" <don'tbe@xxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 22:43:43 +0100
"knucmo" <stevejouanny@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 2 May, 01:26, "Gary Rosen" <garymro...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"knucmo" <stevejoua...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
Unfortunately this post of mine concerns a negative
situation I
encountered only last night, and it is more concerned
with personnel
issues rather than music. Some of you may have
experienced similar
situations, so I can only ask for your guidance, or
opinions.
I played a gig last night for a University Jazz ensemble
I was once a
member of. I knew most of the charts reasonably well, and
sight-read
the new ones pretty dead-on. The gig went alright, a few
minor slips,
but they were hardly noticed. I noticed that the band
itself comprised
several deputies including myself, the pianist (a
housemate), a
trumpeter, and the drummer.
I was under the impression I was doing it as a favour, as
were the
other musicians who were deputising. I learned afterwards
however,
overhearing the bandleader talk with someone else, that
they had paid
the drum deputy for doing the gig. I was not offered any
such terms,
and I consider myself a decent enough level to have been
paid along
with the drummer.
The worst thing was that the bandleader had hushed the
person who was
enquiring as to whether they had paid the drummer - they
were not
intent on letting me know! I played dumb, and have not
confronted the
bandleader on the said issue.
My own thoughts on the matter - annoyance.. It does not
help that the
band leader is a supposed friend and I lodge with him
also. I would
certainly mention it next time if I was offered a gig,
viz. that I
knew that the drummer was paid for his services and that
if the gig
was a paid one again, and I would want payment,
otherwise, they could
find someone else to exploit.
What do you make of it?
If the drummer was the only one who was paid, there may
have been
a good reason for it - either he is more of a pro musician
who doesn't
play for free or maybe he had some other commitment he had
to
get out of. If that were the case, though, there was no
reason to
hide it from you. That is what raises a questionable flag
here for
me.
If you were the only one who *didn't* get paid, you got
screwed.
I've since discovered through discreet enquiry that I wasn't
the only
one. I get the feeling that the drummer demanded a sum, which
is
absolutely fair game. I've done the same before with such
gigs. But
yes, the lack of transparency is my main bug bear.
==================================
It does'nt sound like a profit-generating gig ('university
jazz ensemble') and hindsight is always a bummer, as we know,
but unless the bandleader paid out of his own pocket (not
unknown by any means) I'd ask him to explain the whole deal
before asking again for any future free deps.
--
SR
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