Ukalali Solo
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Ok, so heres the deal.
I play in a local metal band in Florida, we've been gigging a few times a month, and working on new material for the last year or so. For the most part we've stayed rather local. We had jumped on a metalfest in Orlando, but we had to tell the promoter (or venue, can't remember) that we had to drop out because:
1) 2 of the band members have College finals on the same day.
2) One of the bands on the bill happens to have White Power Neo-Nazi friends/fans who happened to pick a fist fight with us last time we played with them.
We had to let them know a week before, because we didn't find out about the finals until the last minute. We tried to politely explain these issues, but the promoter or whoever set up the show backlashed at us saying:
"I hope you guys really aren't attempting to impress anyone, because as it stands of the moment I am completely unimpressed with your work that you put forward. First you couldn't get your demo to me, now your dropping the bill. If you are looking to a career in music I think you should definitely take it a little more serious. As far as bands taking your place I will find that myself, because having you as a reference isn't there best shot in my eyes. I'm not trying to be a dick, this is just business.
Good luck with your future ventures."
We never "promised" a demo, as frankly we want to get our new material recorded instead of our original work, and going into a studio prematurely is, i feel, a waste of time and money.
I'm not sure exactly how to approach this situation, part of me wants to throw formality out the window and tell this guy off after trying to politely explain our situation; however, the more logical approach would be to cut our losses and simply apologize again and hope for some sort of show w/ them in the future?
What do you guys think?
Thanks,
Felipe
I play in a local metal band in Florida, we've been gigging a few times a month, and working on new material for the last year or so. For the most part we've stayed rather local. We had jumped on a metalfest in Orlando, but we had to tell the promoter (or venue, can't remember) that we had to drop out because:
1) 2 of the band members have College finals on the same day.
2) One of the bands on the bill happens to have White Power Neo-Nazi friends/fans who happened to pick a fist fight with us last time we played with them.
We had to let them know a week before, because we didn't find out about the finals until the last minute. We tried to politely explain these issues, but the promoter or whoever set up the show backlashed at us saying:
"I hope you guys really aren't attempting to impress anyone, because as it stands of the moment I am completely unimpressed with your work that you put forward. First you couldn't get your demo to me, now your dropping the bill. If you are looking to a career in music I think you should definitely take it a little more serious. As far as bands taking your place I will find that myself, because having you as a reference isn't there best shot in my eyes. I'm not trying to be a dick, this is just business.
Good luck with your future ventures."
We never "promised" a demo, as frankly we want to get our new material recorded instead of our original work, and going into a studio prematurely is, i feel, a waste of time and money.
I'm not sure exactly how to approach this situation, part of me wants to throw formality out the window and tell this guy off after trying to politely explain our situation; however, the more logical approach would be to cut our losses and simply apologize again and hope for some sort of show w/ them in the future?
What do you guys think?
Thanks,
Felipe
