Jazz musician Dave Golberg, An open letter to L.A. club owners:
But lets think about this for a second and turn this around a little bit.What if I told the wine bar owner that I have a great band and we are going to play at my house. I need someone to provide and pour wine while we play. I can’t pay much, just $75 and you must bring at least 25 people who are willing to pay a $10 cover charge at the door. Now wouldn’t they look at you like you are crazy?
“Why would I do that,” they would ask? Well, because it’s great exposure for you and your wine bar. The people there would see how well you pour wine and see how good your wine is. Then they would come out to your wine bar sometime. “But I brought all the people myself, I already know them,” they would say. Well maybe you could make up some professional looking flyers, pass them out, and get people you don’t know to come on out.
“But you are only paying me $75, How can I afford to make up flyers?” You see how absurd this sounds, but musicians do this all the time.
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Woo I’m good at this. I’m good at counting time — and wasting it? Every Second Counts: The ultimate waste of time game from Ze Frank (via kottke)
BREAKING NEWS: OMG I EMAILED KOTTKE WITH MY TIMING AND MENTIONED I WAS A MUSICIAN AND HIS UPDATED POST READS: “Several readers made it to 4, 5, and even 8 seconds. Most were musicians who have strong sense of timing.”
THAT’S ME. I’VE BEEN REFERRED TO ANONYMOUSLY ON KOTTKE. *hyperventilate*
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