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Flash - Queen

Greetings from 70 miles SW (or thereabouts) of you.

Du Hast - Rammstein

I totally agree. Suggesting that he try and retrieve the cost from someone else makes it even worse for me. Not only is it sneaky and duplicitous, the arrogance is gobsmacking.

TBH, I felt flattered to be asked to play by someone who had enjoyed some celebrity (albeit very minor compared to his contemporaries) and got caught up in it a bit. Fortunately, the older, possibly more cynical, me doesn’t wear rose tinted spectacles for long and won’t put up with things that I would have even 10 years ago.

Actually, I did a lot of my day job, back then (since retired) and others before, for nothing, as did a lot of my colleagues. I’m not sure that this guy didn’t have a daytime occupation at the time too. My gigs were/are a supplement, so still count as a job of sorts. In addition, rehearsals are part of the cost of doing business, like commuting costs and consumables.

The gig was for a good cause, was a minimal fee anyway and good friends were involved.

I recently had an experience with a, let’s call him Alex. He was a minor name in ‘90s and a longtime friend of the guitarist in my current band. He came to see us, so knew my abilities. Subsequently, he asked me if I would add some bass to his latest recording project, which I did for free (the fact he asked me right after the session if I might be interested in joining the band sent some ‘you’re not getting paid for this’ vibes). I left it alone, but he asked again and said there was a ‘launch’ gig, so I put in the hard yards to learn the songs from his back catalogue for the gig and was good to go. Then, all of a sudden, there’s a booked, nationwide tour (small events, pubs, shops, etc). I said that I wouldn’t be able to do some of the gigs and ask subtly about the logistics (to be clear, I don’t believe there were any). He cops a strop and says he needs someone who can commit to all the gigs, fine I said, I understand (it was only my time wasted and some fuel to get to the studio and back) good luck and all that. Next thing I hear, from my guitarist (who is also involved in the project and has the same issue with the sudden ‘tour’), he’s gone a rant on Facebook about people being unprofessional. The guitarist calls him out on this and subsequently quits. Then Alex, stiffs the recording studio for their fee, saying it’s down to the guitarist. Fortunately, we know the studio owner and have a good relationship with him and he doesn’t seek the fee from the guitarist, knowing it’s our fault and has kept the masters. Whether the ‘tour’ ever took place is a mystery, certainly the first ‘album release’ gig was cancelled. Everyone I talk to about it, who know Alex, says that I dodged a bullet and I’ve subsequently heard some tales from his antics in ‘90/‘00s that support this. Some folk need to have a hard word with themselves. I apologise if this rambled a bit and detracts from the OP, but it has been a useful bit of catharsis for me.

That kind of arrogance boils my pee. It’s the, “I’m a professional,” with nose stuck in the air, as if they’re somehow better than you. I’ve worked with one guy, where we had a gig and needed to get the set together, it was a pick up band, but because he was a “pro” it was suggested that he didn’t have to pay his bit of the rehearsal space cost and he might have got a bigger slice of the gig fee too. I went along with, but it annoyed me, he wasn’t/isn’t that good, just a pub/club player who is a local name. Some folk need a reality check.

Party Like You - The Cadillac Three

Now, why didn’t Google translate offer me that? Much, much better. Hoc Non Debevo Vendere

Drive In Saturday - Bowie

Empty Rooms - Gary Moore

Is There Anybody Out There? - Pink Floyd

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Quality work. I’d love to hear that.

Rainbow in the Dark - Dio

I used Google translate, I didn’t do Latin at school. However, you may be referencing Life of Brian, in which case .

I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash

Non vendidisse

The BC motto strikes again

Ah, but you can't cook food on a Wal. The family appreciate your sacrifice, I'm sure.

Frankenstein - Edgar Winter

Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett

Ugly Bug Ball - Burl Ives