Sam and the posh eatery..

Sharon Stanfill (sharons@juliet.ll.mit.edu)
Thu, 3 Oct 96 13:25:39 EDT

How about calling up the musician who recommended you? She/he probably
has some idea how things work.

Sharon

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On  Wed, 2 Oct 1996 22:56:56 -0400, Ellen James writes:

>Hello, all,

>The other week, a musician who plays at restaurants in the area heard me >play >and recommended me to the manager (or whoever's in charge of music) at the >local posh eatery. I called the establishment in question, and "Sam" told >me >to come in Wednesday at 4:00 for an audition. Well, I arrived at the >appointed time today, only to be told that "Sam doesn't come in on >Wednesdays. You can play for us." After I played for a half hour or so, >they decided that they'd like to see how the customers like my music, and >that I should come in and play for an hour or two at Sunday brunch. For >pay? > "You'll have to ask Sam about that."

>Hmmm. Now that I see it in print, it looks like a pretty lousy deal. What >would you people do in such a situation?