[CAUT] who's got dibs??

[Porritt, David]

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Guy:
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You said Eric Schandal tweaking 5 new "Os".  Were they Hamburgs or is =
Steinway bringing back the O to NY?
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dp
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David M. Porritt, RPT
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
dporritt@smu.edu

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From: caut-bounces@ptg.org on behalf of Nichols
Sent: Mon 1/30/2006 6:05 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] who's got dibs??



Michelle,
     Your responses so far have been empathetic and sympathetic and I
agree, somewhat. For some performance gigs, scheduling is very tightly
interwoven with the costs to the venue. On the other hand.... some gigs
just require extreme flexibility. I don't punish the folks that are =
trying
their hardest to make things work, and I have no guilt about what I =
collect
from places that refuse education.
     Places with high noise quotients and healthy doses of distractions =
can
be very entertaining. Earplugs should be worn anyway, no? It's much =
easier
to charge a healthy fee if I don't complain or fret, and just work =
through
the challenges. Production staff won't notice the quality of the tuning
near as much as how quick and painless I make the process for them.  I =
have
"drawn the line" at two gas-powered leaf blowers moving the trash around =
at
a basketball stadium, but otherwise, the other workers have jobs to do,
also. Ironically, the only rock gig I did where the stage manager shut =
down
other activities was a Rod Stewart show, way before he went "mellow".
    At the Steinway reception last week in L.A., I got to watch Eric
Schandal tweak 5 new Os on stage as the wait staff put out the place
settings for 300 diners. Silverware is noisy!

He was smiling.


Semper Gumby,
Guy Nichols, RPT

At 04:56 PM 1/30/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Okay- I might catch alot of grief for this one- but maybe some of you
>have run into this... maybe???
>
>I work at a place that does N-O-T (ugh...) have a true/designated
>performance space.
>There's about 4 different places any type of recital or concert can
>take place on this campus. (I might at well be on the road again...)
>Anyways..
>
>I had previously reserved tuning time in the "main" performance spot
>from 9 until 12 for a concert *that night*.
>I called today to make sure this was still Kosher- and I found out
>that my tuning time may run into their still yet undetermined
>rehearsal times.
>
>OK.
>
>Long story short- I am giving up my tuning time to go there later (at
>3PM day of concert) for at that time they will be in a different
>building altogether. No worries.
>
>I don't even know why I'm writing this for it'll all work out- but
>I'm wondering if any of you have "strong feelings" about sorta, kinda
>being bumped from a reserved tuning time for (possible) rehearsals.
>The pianist couldn't give me any concrete rehearsal details for he
>didn't know when the other musicians would be getting into town-
>hence the lack of scheduling info.
>
>I certainly know I wouldn't have a job if it wasn't for the musicians
>and their performances but...
>
>:(
>
>I don't know....
>
>Maybe it's because I wasn't even asked and everyone just assumed I
>could NOT tune at that time.
>
>I adore each and every person involved in the planning and playing,
>but "what's the rules"???
>
>(You'd think that 11 years in this business I'd know by now...)
>
>:B
>Stranges
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