The above is a great reply from a musician to an advertisement by a Vancouver restaurant wanting to get free music for their restaurant.
I went looking on-line for examples of musicians being paid peanuts for their services and this one fits the bill nicely.
I did this because Richard (Richard's Bass Bag) has been having a blogger tussle with his brother Robert (Robert The Apathetic Sinner - don't ask) about the disrespect shown to musicians in the payments to them as compared to other service providers.
Here's a link: IF YOU HAVE TIME ON YOUR HANDS OR DON'T HAVE A LIFE - READ THIS
Well you could have read it but I guess you weren't quick enough. The old guy, following his brother's example has deleted that post. Never mind. You can go back to watching paint dry. Or grass grow. Or read Robert's blog which he has now renamed 'Robert of Hutt' for some reason maybe he's a relation of Jabba.
* The very brilliant 10cc's ART FOR ART'S SAKE - 10cc
4 comments:
There was no disrespect intended by my job offer.
I simply said I would pay his band $100 to play for me.
It's up to him to come back and say yes or no.
Fair enough.
The opportunities are limitless.
Why not contact the Crippled Children Society and offer them a dollar an hour to do weeding in your garden? They can only say no,
Mr Fisher, in Vogeltown used to pay me a half crown to mow his lawns, It took about 2 hours. He was a stickler.
Mind you it was 1964 but still .....
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