Members dan88z Posted December 2, 2014 Members Share Posted December 2, 2014 Got a message from the venue we're playing Saturday, a nice nightclub at a casino. Someone at the casino booked a private party in the nightclub, so it's going to be closed to the public until 11pm. The nightclub manager is really pissed at whoever did it. They gave us a couple options- play 11-1, take another date (which we can't as we're booked) or just cancel the gig and they'll pay us anyway since it was their screw up. at 1st we figured we'd play 11-1. Then, thinking about it, it'd probably to an empty room. None of our regulars would wait til 11 to go out, people who would want to go to the club would show up and see they can't get in and leave, and the party people would all be gone since they will have been there since 7pm. Plus, we'd still have to be there at 530 to load in and be done sound check by 7, which is the usual deal at this place. So we'd have 4 hours to kill, which would be horrible. We opted for "cancel with pay". Pretty stand up of the club to pay us anyway. They are super apologetic about the whole thing. They are really trying to get live music happening at the place and having someone take a Saturday night away from them doesn't sit well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Outkaster Posted December 2, 2014 Members Share Posted December 2, 2014 That's good Dan. You don't see that kind of follow through normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FitchFY Posted December 2, 2014 Members Share Posted December 2, 2014 That's a great offer of them and a stand-up thing to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dan88z Posted December 6, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 6, 2014 Well, it doesn't work out any better. Check was "in the mail" and rec'd 2 days later. Sometimes things go our way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drummer44 Posted December 7, 2014 Members Share Posted December 7, 2014 Probably wouldn't hurt for you to return the courtesy, somehow, sometime. Maybe a long-term gain (win-win) for both you and the venue. -D44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nchangin Posted December 9, 2014 Members Share Posted December 9, 2014 Indeed, you still got paid. How do you know they didn't hire it out privately for a gobs of money? Very possible they still making out well on this "mistake". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dan88z Posted December 9, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2014 They may have made gobs of money. Just renting out a huge nightclub in a casino to a private party probably brings in some good coin. I doubt the bar take was any better than if we had played though. The issue was someone higher up the food chain did it without talking to the people who manage that venue, they just did it and told them afterwards. That was where the nightclub management had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MickeyKeys Posted December 9, 2014 Members Share Posted December 9, 2014 They may have made gobs of money. Oh, no doubt they did, Dan. I'm sure someone crunched the numbers and decided it was quicker, easier, and almost as profitable to pay you in full rather than go thru the hassle of trying to negotiate a cancellation fee. It also seems to indicate that you're held in high enough regard that they'd rather give you a paid day off than possibly rub you the wrong way. An investment in good will with a business associate, especially since as you say they are trying to get live music going in a big way there. Whether or not they ask you to one day return the favor in some form, it's a class move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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