In my contract with concert places, I have an overtime charge if they don't advise me of a performance within 48 hrs of the performance. I know it's hard to find out exactly who forgot to do his job, but I don't want to be the one to be punished for someone else's negligence. I also stipulate in the same contract that I might not be able to do it...Marcel CareyTo: caut at ptg.orgDate: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:40:34 -0500From: reggaepass at aol.comSubject: Re: [CAUT] Scheduling Arrggs!How 'bout making sure, politely but firmly, that all concerned are aware that such short notice rocks your world, but because of your close association with the artists, you will rearrange your life to accommodate them, THIS time... Hopefully they will get the picture that you deserve profuse thanks and appreciation, a cookie AND your R.I.H. (reward in heaven). Although this may seem like blowing your horn, if you don't speak up, why in the world should they give you more advance notice in the future? Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 1:30 pm Subject: Re: [CAUT] Scheduling Arrggs! The hard part of this is that I'm "neighbors" with the Chiara String Quartet in our building and the pianist is the co-chair of the piano dept! :>( whaddyado? Paul Andrew Anderson <andrew at andersonmusic.com> Sent by: caut-bounces at ptg.org 01/22/2009 03:25 PM Please respond to caut at ptg.org To caut at ptg.org cc Subject Re: [CAUT] Scheduling Arrggs! I have apologized that I can't be available on short notice every time and missed a request because it conflicted with an established schedule. Mind-you, I'm not dependent on any of my large/small clients. Andrew Anderson On Jan 22, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Paul T Williams wrote: Hi All, How many times does it happen that I find out the day before a "live" performance on PBS (local) radio for a concert at 9am tomorrow morning. Today's full!! I know now I'll have to come in at 6am. (I know.. boo hoo for me..I picked the job :>) I remember many times in the private world where wealthy folks throwing a huge Christmas party with hired pianist....and forget to get the piano tuned until a day or two beforehand...but this is rediculous! The Lied Center is a professional concert venue and they should know that I'm not there at the drop of a hat. What do they think I do...just sit around and write e-mails to my collegues?!?!?! This is a really nice Steinway B...but I haven't tuned it for two months! Maybe 5:30am would be a better idea? What have you folks done in these situations? Thanks for advice... Paul Which stars will make the biggest headlines in 2009? Get Hollywood news, celebrity photos and more with the PopEater Toolbar. _________________________________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090122/3e43f490/attachment.html>
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