Pay to Play - fucktarded

Yeah, so my friends band asked me to play drums for them for a gig.

The gig they were playing was for a colleague as a favour as the night needed another band.

After hearing very little about the gig they were told hours before the details (location, times, little bits like that) and that in order to play they would have to bring their own gear, or pay to hire the gear that was there...

I think any of you reading this would think at this point "Fuck this" and I agree.

It worked out that we played, the members of the band have to work with the promoter in the future, and the hire costs were £30 between 3 bands (although it was charged per person rather than band) so not too much to worry about. 

However, the simple principle of having to pay for gig seems riduculous. I'm sure you all agree.

BUT

How many of you have play a Surface Unsigned gig? How many have sold tickets for a venue without seeing any of the money? How many have you have worked your ass of to get your mates to a gig only to see no credit or reward?

STOP FUCKING PAYING!!!!

Allucinere paid the £25 entry fee into Surface Unsigned two years ago, we brought over 30 people to the first show @ £5 a ticket, all pre-sold. We brought over 25 people to the next show @ £6 a tickets. We saw none of that money once SU got hold of it, and we recieved nothing, not even a fair judging system. We gave them over £300! For two gigs... We could've held two gig on our own, and used that money to record another 3 songs to make our EP an Album. But it was wasted.

My advice - Anyone ever asks you to pay - SAY NO!

This industry is shitty enough without giving the money you are earning to a fucking company! 

PS - this is not a dig at the promotor, he was only trying to re-coop his loses, and the gig was free. I got a free pint out of it, and the gig was fun, this post is about trying to stop shitty companies and asshole promoters fucking bands over. It's bad enough the record companies are doing it...

postpone

you might have noticed that I've stopped posting my progress through the challenges. That's because I can't be assed, I'll start up again once rob is here and then it will be fun ;)

in the meantime, find me a good online calendar that I can access from everywhere and displays in a nice public place, ideally a decent ap on facebook, or something nice somewhere else. And not google!

x0x

Day 4

Well... this is proving to be a tricky one. Not because the challenges are hard, but because the hot water in my house has gone! Can't have a shower without hot water. I could however do the rest of the main challenge, which is to get girls to tell me where to shop! I might go do this now actually, I wanted to buy some stuff in town anyway....

See you when I get back!

day off

so, after waking up very late and ignoring my challenges I've decided that I'll do day 4 tomorrow!

EDIT:

yesterday was pretty simple stuff as well, did the small talk, remembered some eye colours, although they were all brown...

this day was easy. don't shower and don't shave.

Needless to say I didn't this morning, but I'm going out tonight so I will be soon. I think the purpose for that exercise was for people stuck in a routine. However for me, the concept of not showering or shaving (esp shaving) is not really a big one.

Speak more betterer English. I don't think I have problems with my speech, but I did a few of the exercises, I think I talk proper awesome like.

Moviefone - fuck that, he obviously hasn't ever called a random person in _birmingham_ and damned if I'm going to get abuse from horrible chavs!

More self hypnosis - need to download this still, maybe I will, maybe I won't.

Roll on day 4

Day 2

lots more writing today :(

3 acomplishments:

get signed with a band, go on tour, pass uni

why these will make me happier:

Get to play music for a living, get to see the world and play a lot of music, finally get a degree!

I will become a professional bassist who will get signed (to a good deal) within 2 years

I will have sold 20,000 albums

I will have played over 500 gigs

I will have earnt lots of money

I will persue this mission because if I don't:

my sex-life will decrease

my social-life will suffer

my uni will fail

But if I do do it now then

my sex-life will increase

my social life will improve

my uni will pass

Ok, that's all of that filled in, now I have to download some meditation thing, and talk to 5 more strangers with added eye contact. Good thing I'm going out today!

Day 1

I think other people percieve me as:

confident, a bit wierd but not in a bad way, sometimes a bit too wacky, smart

I'd like to be percieved as:

Confident, smart, calm, collected - cool!

3 behaviours/characteristics to change:

Over-excitable, bad habits, inapropriateness

3 new behaviours I want:

never get embarrased, stay calm, be cool.

Well that wasn't too hard. I still need to make smalltalk with 5 strangers, but as I'm unlikely to leave the house I don't know if I'll do that! The reading part will be easy though!

See you tomorrow!