rogue_drummer
Gold Member
Why are bar owners and managers such jerks to work with? I know of 2 independent booking agents here in town that have quit the business because they are so frustrated and tired of the BS.
Get this, I'm trying to get our band gigs and have gone on a well known restaurant chain's web site here in town and sent emails per their instructions. And sent again. And again, and again and have never received anything back. So I'm getting pretty frustrated. I reached out to several friends via FB asking if anyone knew the booking agent. A friend wrote back she knew 2 of the manager's - one at one location and the other at another and talked to the one closet to us. She told me he asked if our band "can bring a sizable crowd" to his bar. Funny since his place doesn't have that much live music, but they have a great stage setup.
I told her we did, but felt like saying we can bring the crowd and heavy drinkers but there's gotta be a good percentage of the bar receipts in it for us. Or a good flat rate or a combination of both.
I dunno, it just struck me as being a bit a-hole-ish on his part. Like his place doesn't have a good enough draw of patrons on its own, he has to put the responsibility back on a band? After practicing since June, we are ready to get to gigging, but not sure if I have the temperment or patience for a lot of "bar owner / manager" BS now.
Last time I dealt with a bar owner the dude always came up with excuses week after week like he forgot his booking calendar, or his cell phone died and he lost my number, or he misplaced his briefcase with my contact info....
Get this, I'm trying to get our band gigs and have gone on a well known restaurant chain's web site here in town and sent emails per their instructions. And sent again. And again, and again and have never received anything back. So I'm getting pretty frustrated. I reached out to several friends via FB asking if anyone knew the booking agent. A friend wrote back she knew 2 of the manager's - one at one location and the other at another and talked to the one closet to us. She told me he asked if our band "can bring a sizable crowd" to his bar. Funny since his place doesn't have that much live music, but they have a great stage setup.
I told her we did, but felt like saying we can bring the crowd and heavy drinkers but there's gotta be a good percentage of the bar receipts in it for us. Or a good flat rate or a combination of both.
I dunno, it just struck me as being a bit a-hole-ish on his part. Like his place doesn't have a good enough draw of patrons on its own, he has to put the responsibility back on a band? After practicing since June, we are ready to get to gigging, but not sure if I have the temperment or patience for a lot of "bar owner / manager" BS now.
Last time I dealt with a bar owner the dude always came up with excuses week after week like he forgot his booking calendar, or his cell phone died and he lost my number, or he misplaced his briefcase with my contact info....